Gorgeous fine art from the Early Bronze Age (Troy II-III, inv. 1977/9): a gold earring with free-hanging loop-in-loop chains to which ribbed leaves are attached. The chains are soldered to a tube decorated with rosettes. (Photo and side view mine fm the current Troia, Schliemann und Tübingen Exhibition www.unimuseum.uni-tuebingen.de) #archaeology #gold #earlybronzeage #Troy #Hisarlik #Tübingen #museum

And #BettanyHughes has just got to #Troy. Bliss! My g..uncle Charles Maclaren, founder and long time editor of The #Scotsman newspaper, was one of the first westerners to suggest the location of the city was #Hisarlik. Which #Schliemann later excavated. I studied Troy in the last year of my #OpenUniversity #history / #ClassicalStudies BA(Hons). #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Archaeology #Homer #Turkey