LECTURES & LITERATURE

    Greece and Asia in the Late Bronze Age

    Greece and Asia in the Late Bronze Age

    Presented by Penn Museum at University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)

    March 27, 2013


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    "Greece and Asia in the Late Bronze Age: The Historical Background of Homer’s Iliad"
    Dr. Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier, Director, German Archaeological Institute at Athens, speaks. In 1924, Swiss archaeologist Emil Forrer announced a new discovery relating to the Trojan War. After examining texts found at Hattusa, once the capital of the Hittite empire in Asia Minor, he identified the Hittite words for Troy (Wilusa) and Mycenaean Greece (Ahhiyawa), and concluded that there was evidence for conflict between them. While Forrer’s “Greek Hypothesis” was once widely attacked by other academics, recent research and excavations have confirmed his theory, which offers exciting insights into the historical background of Homer’s Iliad.


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        University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)

        3260 South Street
        Philadelphia, PA 19104

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      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        March 27, 2013

        Times:

        6:00pm

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