CHAPTER XXII.

_Pergamus of Troy, May 10th, 1873._

Interruptions through festivals--Opening of the tumulus of Batiea--Pottery like that of the Trojan stratum at Hissarlik, and nothing else--No trace of burial--Its age--Further discoveries of burnt Trojan houses--Proof of their successive ages--Their construction--Discovery of a double gateway, with the copper bolts of the gates--The “SCÆAN GATE” of Homer--Tests of the extent of ancient Troy--The place where Priam sat to view the Greek forces--Homer’s knowledge of the Heroic Troy only traditional--Description of the gates, the walls, and the “PALACE OF PRIAM"--Vases, &c., found in Priam’s house--Copper, ivory, and other implements--The δέπα ἀμφικύπελλα--Houses discovered on the north platform--Further excavations of the city walls--Statuettes and vessels of the Greek period--Top of the Tower of Ilium uncovered, and its height determined--A curious trench in it, probably for the archers--Further excavations at Bunarbashi: only a few fragments of Greek pottery--The site of Ilium uninhabited since the end of the fourth century--The place confused with Alexandria Troas--No Byzantine remains at Hissarlik--Freshness of the Greek sculptures 300