# Interesting article on the "Treasure of Troy"

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**Created:** [February 27, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-article-on-the-treasure-of-troy/292149 "2005-02-27T16:12:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-article-on-the-treasure-of-troy/292149/1 "2005-02-27T16:12:02Z")

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[and a fascinating life!](http://www.unmuseum.org/troy.htm)

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> He wasn’t even the most scrupulous of those in his profession, something confirmed by his illegal smuggling of a priceless historic treasure out of the country of Turkey.
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> He was, however, perhaps the luckiest archaeologist of all time. His life was a rags-to-riches story capped by the discovery of not one, but two treasures and a lost city that most reputable archaeologists of his day thought was only a myth.