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In search of the Trojan War. 1. The age of heroes.

In search of the Trojan War. 1. The age of heroes.

DVD 2004

In this six-part series, historian Michael Wood launches a search for the truth about the Trojan War: Did it ever really take place? His quest begins in The Age of Heroes with the story of Heinrich Schliemann, the German archaeologist, who after digs in Turkey and Greece, claimed he uncovered priceless jewels worn by Helen of Troy and gold-masked bodies of the rulers of Mycenae, including Agamemnon. Those treasures mysteriously disappeared when B...