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Year 7 History – History Mysteries
City of Troy

This page has been created to support Year 7 HASS students with their inquiry task on History Mysteries: The destruction of the city of Troy and the Trojan horse mystery

Last updated 24 February 2025

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CITY OF TROY (VIDEO)

Watch this video for an introduction to the mystery of the Trojan Horse and destruction of the city of Troy.

Fowlie, T. (2015). The Trojan horse mystery [Video]. Clickview.

Use these terms to search the catalogue, eResources or the Internet.

Troy
City of Troy
Trojan War
Heinrich Schliemann

Print Resources

Below is a small selection of print resources that include information about the City of Troy. You can locate these using the shelf Call No indicated. You will also find more resources by searching the Library Catalogue using your keyword.

001.94 ARO
Aron, P. (2000). Unsolved mysteries of history: an eye-opening investigation into the most baffling events of all time. John Wiley & Sons Australia.

939.21 CLI
Cline, E. H. (2013). The Trojan War: a very short introduction. Oxford University Press.

939.21 TRO
Kelder, J., Uslu, G., Serifoglu, O. F., & Allard Pierson Museum (2012). Troy: city, Homer, Turkey. WBooks.

eBooks

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eBook
Scavella Burrell, C.M. (2011). Did Greek Soldiers Really Hide Inside the Trojan Horse? And Other Questions About the Ancient World. Lerner Publications

eBook
Caselli, G. (1999). In search of Troy: one man’s quest for Homer’s fabled city.

eBook
Crompton, S. W. (2012). Troy.

eBook
Fagan, B. M. (Ed. ). (2001). The seventy great mysteries of the ancient world: unlocking the secrets of past civilizations. Thames & Hudson.

Was Troy a real place? Is the Trojan War history or legend?

eBook
Kerns, A. (2009). Troy.

eBook
McCarty, N. (2008). Troy.

eResources

Use your keywords to search the following eResources. Below is a small selection of relevant articles that you will be able to locate:

Australia / New Zealand Reference Centre

Alexander, C. (1996). Troy’s prodigious ruin. Natural History, 105(4), 42.

Fischman, J. (2004). The Real Trojan War. U.S. News & World Report, 136(18), 54–59.

Websites

Search the catalogue for appropriate websites or use the websites listed below. If you search the Internet on your own, you will need to critically evaluate the website. We suggest using the SIFT and/or CRAAP method.

Chrysopoulos, P. (2021, August 10). Archaeologists Claim They’ve Discovered the Trojan Horse in Turkey: Debunked. Greek Reporter. https://greekreporter.com/2021/08/10/archaeologists-discover-trojan-horse-in-turkey-debunked/

Jarus, O. (2017). Ancient Troy: the city and the legend. https://www.livescience.com/38191-ancient-troy.html

Larsson, N. (2016, August 9). Lost cities #2: the search for the real Troy – not just one city but at least 10. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/aug/09/lost-cities-2-search-real-troy-hisarlik-turkey-mythology-homer-iliad

Montesanto, M. (2018). Fall of Troy: legend and the facts. https://theconversation.com/fall-of-troy-the-legend-and-the-facts-92625

Cartwright, M. (2018). Troy. https://www.ancient.eu/troy/

Videos

Fowlie, T. (2015). The Trojan horse mystery [Video]. ClickView.

Laverty, A. (2004). The truth of Troy [Video]. ClickView.

Timeline – World History Documentaries. (2017, November 2). Lost world: Troy [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRi7qzNK3Tc&t=1080s

References

Trojan horse. (n.d.). https://fs.blog/2017/07/trojan-horse/