When Was Priams Treasure Discovered

Fortuna. The focus of our inquiry will be one of the most famous moments in the history of archaeology, Schliemann’s discovery of ‘Priam’s Treasure’ at the end of May, 1873.

Who discovered the treasure of Priam?

Priam’s Treasure is a cache of gold and other artifacts discovered by classical archaeologists Frank Calvert and Heinrich Schliemann at Hissarlik, on the northwestern coast of modern Turkey. The majority of the artifacts are currently in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow.

Is Priam's Treasure authentic?

So, while the hoard can no longer be considered technically lost, Priam’s Treasure remains so, for while this is an impressive find, it was made a good thousand years before Priam walked Troy’s walls. If Priam ever existed. And if Homer’s poem was ever meant to be considered a historical record.