Old...

...and new.

Canakkale stream.

The waterfront horse from the 2004 Troy movie.





Achilles.

Troy model.

Nice waterfront.









The old clock tower.



The 1915 WW1 battle of Gallipoli took place nearby.



Turkey has the 2nd biggest army in NATO.

Big döner knife.

40 cm (16 inch) roll for 3 USD, yum!

Don't use the toilet to wash your feet before prayer.

Tea time!



Ana Ulu mosque on the way to Troy.



The Dardanelles strait.

9 layers, 5000 years of settlement.



A.K.A. Ilios, Ilium Novum, and Wilusa.



Defensive wall, probably from Troy 5.

Likely location of Temple of Athena.

Pillar foundations.

Fine old stone decorations.



Oldest citadel wall of Troy 2 from around 2500 BC.



Troy 2.

Multiple defense layers of Troy 1 from around 3000 BC.

Layers added and added over millennia.



Water well from around 300 BC.

The ramp to Troy 6 western gate.

Illustration of Troy 6 around 1400 BC.

Paris likely brought in Helen here, from the Aegean sea.

Palace walls from Troy 6.





Roman bath complex.

The Odeon from Troy 9.



South gate from Troy 6.

The Bouleuterion from Troy 8.

Troy museum.







4 floors.

Hunting...

...and war.







Roman times, relatively recent.

Emperor Hadrian.

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