Nonfiction Monday is hosted today by Abby theLibrarian.
For Nonfiction Monday -- "Diggingfor Troy: from Homer to Hisarlik" by Jill Rubalcaba and Eric H. Cline with
illustrations by Sarah S. Brannen.
Rubalcaba opens her trek into
the past by acquainting the reader with Troy's legend as related by Homer. Then the search for the ancient lost city
begins as she relates the history of the various explorations that began with Heinrich
Schliemann in the 1800's and continue into the present day at what is now
Hisarlik, Turkey. Illustrations and
photographs document the excavation of the city and explain the changing
techniques employed over time. Maps and timelines help readers to follow the
complicated history of this legendary site which has been occupied for
thousands of years with each city built over the destruction of the previous
one. Archaeologists have identified nine
Troys and there is still controversy and numerous theories about which, if any,
is the site of Homer's Trojan War. Notes
and a detailed bibliography is included for further reading.
Best for readers in grades
six and up.
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