Archaeology at Troy: 2,800-year-old agora found, city was not abandoned after war

Archaeology at Troy: 2,800-year-old agora found, city was not abandoned after war The ancient city of Troy, perched on the Hisarlik hill in north-west Turkey, continues to yield surprises for researchers and history enthusiasts, increasingly so with the release of Christopher Nolan's film The Odyssey .

Archaeological excavations carried out by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism and Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, launched in 2014, have uncovered the remains of the oldest agora in the city, dating back roughly 2,800 years.

Until now historians believed that the city had been completely abandoned for several centuries after its fall (traditionally dated to 1184 BC), until the arrival of the Aeolian Greeks in the 8th century BC, who renamed it Ilion.

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