Making History: Antiquaries in Britain, 1707– 2007
15 September – 2 December 2007
This exhibition explores the work and achievement of the Fellowship of the Society of Antiquaries of London from its foundation in the early eighteenth century to the present day. Find out more...
Where was Homer's Ithaca?
Monday 29 October 2007
For thousands of years people thought that Troy was imaginary. Then
the archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann excavated it in the 1870s. It is
south-west of Istanbul and its location matches Homer's description in the
Iliad precisely.
So could Homer's Ithaca also be a real location? And
can modern geology combined with classical research and satellite technology
help us to locate it?
