# Did ancient Troy really exist?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Einav Zamir Dembin
- Year: 2018
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: History
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/einav_zamir_dembin_did_ancient_troy_really_exist)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

When Homer's Iliad was first written down in the eighth century BCE, the story of the Trojan war was already an old one. From existing oral tradition, audiences knew the tales of the long siege, the duels outside the city walls, and the trick that finally won the war. In the end, the city was burned to the ground, never to rise again. But had it ever existed? Einav Zamir Dembin investigates. \[TED-Ed Animation by Cabong Studios\]

## Lectures

1. [Did ancient Troy really exist?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/einav_zamir_dembin_did_ancient_troy_really_exist/3ebd207df6f2), 5 min (TED's player)