> Does it have a sad ending?

Yes. Schliemann claims to have discovered Homer's Troy by reading the Iliad,
but in fact someone else did but didn't have the funds to dig and Schliemann
sponsored him and then took over. He digs right through Homer's Troy
thinking it's at the bottom of the pile when it's really 5 or 6 city layers
up. He thereby destroy some valuable material. He finds jewellery here and
there and makes some fake pieces as well. He hides it all and illegally
takes it out of Turkey back to Germany. He announces that he found it all
together in a wall and says that it is the treasure mentioned in the Iliad.
His wife models the fancier pieces for publicity photos. It is displayed in
Germany but disappears at the end of WW2 and is not heard of again. UNTIL a
few years ago the Rusians announce that they have found it in one of their
museum storage rooms somewhere and put it on display briefly. And its not
heard of ever again.

Real life is even better than the movies :-)


> >It turned up this utterly superb overview - page after page with
excellent
> >photos and commentary. Worth a look by "children" of all ages.
> >
> >        http://home.att.net/~a.a.major/waroutline.html
> >
> >His home page - more treasures
> >
> >        http://www.artsci.lsu.edu/classics/wmajor/

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