The archaeological site is open to the public as a tourist destination, and was added to the unesco world heritage list in 1998 Troy was repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt during its 4000 years of occupation. In troy, king priam welcomes helen when hector and paris return home, and decides to prepare for war The greeks eventually invade and take the trojan beach, thanks largely to achilles and his myrmidons. Set in 1193 b.c., this movie tells the story of a war between the two cities of troy and sparta, and the story of one of the bravest warriors to roam ancient greece named achilles. Troy, ancient city in northwestern anatolia that holds an enduring place in literature and archaeology
It lay on trade routes between europe and asia, and questions of its size, wealth, and status are matters of scholarly debate. Queen helen flees sparta to be with her love, the prince of troy Watch trailers & learn more. A thousand years before the time of christ, trojan prince paris abduct s the legendary greek beauty helen, queen of sparta , starting a war led by heroes achilles and hector that devastates the ancient world Based on the epic poem the iliad by homer. Troy is a 2004 american epic war film produced by helena productions and released by warner bros