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of Athena A small cellar Skeletons of warriors with copper helmets and a lance Structure of the helmet-crests Terra-cottas A crucible with copper still in it Other objects Extreme fineness of the engravings on the whorls Pottery Stone implements Copper pins and other objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		276
CHAPTER XXI.
Pergamus of Troy, April 16th, 1873.
Discovery of a street in the Pergamus Three curious stone walls of different periods Successive fortifications of the hill Remains of ancient houses under the temple of Athena, that have suffered a great conflagration Older house-walls below these, and a wall of fortification Store, with the nine colossal jars The great Altar Objects found east of the Tower Pottery with Egyptian hieroglyphics Greek and other terra-cottas, &c. Remarkable owl-vase Handle, with an ox-head Various very curious objects A statue of one Metrodorus by Pytheas of Argos, with an inscription Another Greek inscription, in honour of C. Claudius Nero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		287
CHAPTER XXII.
Pergamus of Troy, May 10th, 1873.
Interruptions through festivals Opening of the tumulus of Batiea Pottery like that of the Trojan stratum at Hissarlik, and nothing else No trace of burial Its age Further discoveries of burnt Trojan houses Proof of their successive ages Their construction Discovery of a double gateway, with the copper bolts of the gates The "Scæan Gate" of Homer Tests of the extent of ancient Troy The place where Priam sat to view the Greek forces Homer's knowledge of the Heroic Troy only traditional Description of the gates, the walls, and the "Palace of Priam" Vases, &c., found in Priam's house Copper, ivory, and other implements The δέπα ἀμφικύπελλα Houses discovered on the north platform Further excavations of the city walls Statuettes and vessels of the Greek period Top of the Tower of Ilium uncovered, and its height determined A curious trench in it, probably for the archers Further excavations at Bunarbashi only a few fragments of Greek pottery The site of Ilium uninhabited since the end of the fourth century The place confused with Alexandria Troas No Byzantine remains at Hissarlik Freshness of the Greek sculptures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		300
CHAPTER XXIII.
Troy, June 17th, 1873.
Further discoveries of fortifications The great discovery of the Treasure on the city wall Expedient for its preservation The articles of the Treasure described The Shield The Caldron Bottle and Vases of Gold The golden δέπας ἀμφικύπελλον Modes of working the gold A cup of electrum Silver plates, probably the talents of Homer Vessels of Silver Copper lance-heads: their peculiar form Copper battle-axes Copper daggers Metal articles fused together