Great historical storytelling with very clear and engaging commentary! It really shows how much ancient history is hidden behind centuries of legends and myths. ☕📖 *Let's talk:* Do you think famous epic stories like the Trojan War are mostly based on real historical events, or just creative fiction? Drop your thoughts!

A truly fantastic reconstruction based on archaeological and historical facts after very deep and authentic research. The  narrative is clear and with a historical accuracy seldom found on YouTube videos on this kind of subject. You and your team are to be congratulated for this truly excellent production which makes me want to watch Michael Wood's equally excellent series "In Search of the Trojan War" once again, which can be found here on YouTube. Produced in the 1980's, it still has validity and can be recommended to anybody who loves the story and history of Troy.
Now knowing what Troy VIIb actually looked like before it was destroyed enhances the series tenfold.
For this I must thank all those who participated in this wonderful production.
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Even as a child lapping up these fantastic ancient stories and legends, I knew in my heart and soul that what was being described was actual history only embellished by time and human imagination - but the core of the stories was based on historical facts. I have never changed my mind on that account and here I am, a 70 year old lover of Ancient history, still believing these tales to have been true.
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The Depiction of the City of TROY in this Video is Amazing Great Historical Insight of a Bronze Age Civilization Great😃👍

Nice Summation and illustrations.

very good work

The ancient lower city extended much farther that your animations, and its full extent was first revealed through LiDAR-like aerial survey techniques and other modern archaeological methods.

Excellent creation once again

NOTE : Most of us have seen photos of the archaeological site of Troy. The purpose of this video isn't to show the ruins, but to visualize how the city may have looked around 1180 BC, based on the best available archaeological evidence and historical research.

One question for everyone: Do you think the Trojan Horse was a real event, or a legend created by later storytellers?

Speaking of the Hittites, I look forward to your archaelogical summary of the end of Hattusa. Recent indications are that the city was abandoned by its elite & the military before its final burning. It also suggests that the population of Hattusa was much smaller than previous estimates. It may have been a sacred city w/o any markets or trading going on.

Very balanced, cautious, and yet accurate as far as archaeology goes. Perhaps more could have been with the indications from the Hittite tablets, but this was pretty good. (The Hellespont is, of course, much larger and the Black Sea much further away.)

At 14:16 shows Manfred Korfmann, not Carl Blegen as you identified.

Про самую известную измену,
Гомер писал в седую старину,
В поэме про Прекрасную Елену,
Париса и Троянскую войну.

В поэме говорилось об Элладе,
Объединившей войско все своё
И о могучей, древней Илиаде,
Ушедшей навсегда в небытие.

Меж трёх богинь возникнувшая ссора,  
Причиной послужила для войны,
А началось все с яблока раздора,
Измены мужу, бегства из страны.

Вся Греция пред нею преклонялась,
Затмив собой вечернюю зарю,
Красавица по жребию досталась,
Суровому спартанскому царю.

Внезапно поменяв всю обстановку,
Живя в такой воинственной стране,
Елена проходила подготовку,
С подругами из Спарты наравне.

Но к золоту привычку сохранила,
Умея красотой мужчин сражать,
Скорей сама Париса соблазнила,
Стремясь из нищей Спарты убежать.

Она не только мужу изменила,
Что люди осуждали в старину,
Попутно при побеге захватила.
Спартанскую наличную казну.

Когда Елена подлость сотворила,
Сбежав с казною Спарты в Илион,
Воспользовалась этим третья сила,
Могучий царь Микен Агамемнон.

Умело греков на конфликт настроя
Призвал Элладу постоять за честь,
В войне десятилетней пала Троя,
И Менелай свершил святую месть.

Разрушил мира древнего устои,
Одной красивой женщины каприз,
А результат его: погибла Троя,
Ахилл с Патроклом, Гектор и Парис.

Шерше ля фам конечно веский довод,
Но правду всю Гомер не говорит,
Война из-за Елены – просто повод,
Причина же ее – морской транзит.

Времени много с войны той пройдет,
Но будут бессмертны герои,
И Шлиман, прочтя Илиаду, найдёт,
Развалины древние Трои.
Пишу историю Спарты в стихах, это фрагмент

Наклон стена давал устойчивость не только при подкопах и от землетрясений.

Paris, as the Greeks called him was found in tablets in the Hittites capital was Alexanderos of the records kept there

There is some basis of truth to all these historical legends although most if not all have been embellished, detracted from, added too by successive story tellers to make their tale more compelling, gripping for the listener. We will never know exactly which parts are true but it seems certain Troy did exist and was besieged but by who and for what we cant be sure, the numbers involved I suspect like many subsequent battles of history have been largely exaggerated but its still a great tale and makes you think.

found in Hittites records as Alexand

Minoan Crete had been thriving peacefully for over 2,000 years when mainland Mycenaeans (Crete's former pupils) invaded and pillaged it from about 1425 BCE. The sack of Troy about 200 years later was the Mycenaeans' last hurrah about 1220 BCE., and then they destroyed themselves. So which civilization do we honor and imitate, and which do we mostly ignore? Look around you and you'll know the answer (it's not good).

I always imagined Troy as a bit snazzier...

The actual battle was only 1 yr in the direct assault, and maybe 9 yrs raidi ng all Troy's allies to cut it off from support. The Hittites record numbers of attacks on coastal cities below troy at the same time. Clear evidence of this exist.