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The result was: promoted by Bruxtontalk 19:07, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
... that by digging a trench through Hisarlik, Heinrich Schliemann destroyed parts of the ruins of Troy? Source: "Schliemann ... [dug] an enormous, 45-foot-deep trench ... [According to Jill Rubalcaba and Eric H. Cline:] 'He plowed through ... everything ... without proper record keeping' ... Turkish archaeologists are still working to address the damage inflicted by Schliemann’s single-minded quest for Troy." (Source)