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Between Homer and Hollywood: Troy a source of Turkish pride
A gift from the film set of "Troy", a giant Trojan Horse replica looms over the port of Canakkale on the Dardanelles Strait in western Turkey. Apart from bequeathing the 12-tonne replica of the Trojan ...
An enormous wooden horse presides over the marina in Çanakkale, a small port city southwest of Istanbul. The clapboard animal is a mock-up of the Trojan Horse of mythological fame. Some may recognize ...
With Türkiye highlighting its Aeneas Route of archaeological sites along western Çanakkale province, Troy and its fine new museum are drawing ever more ancient world enthusiasts. ByJohn Oseid, Former ...
A gift from the film set of “Troy,” a giant Trojan Horse replica looms over the port of Canakkale on the Dardanelles Strait in western Turkey. First related by Homer, then retold for the silver screen ...
Çanakkale province is packed with important Greek and Roman sites like Smintheion and Alexandria Troas. A new bridge across the Dardanelles strait makes them easy to reach from Istanbul. ByJohn Oseid, ...
(File photo)A woman and her children look out from inside the wooden replica of the Trojan Horse in Troy, in Dardanelles, July 11, 2007. (Reuters photo) ANKARA, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Turkey's tourism ...
Turkey has held over 130 events so far this year at home and abroad to promote one of its crown historic jewels, the ancient city of Troy, just south of the Canakkale Strait in the northwestern ...
The design of the Museum of Troy at Çanakkale has been carried out by the atelier RTA-Office, led by Santiago Parramón with offices in Barcelona and Shanghai, in collaboration with the Turkish atelier ...
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