In Search of the Trojan War

Michael Wood explores six hour-long programs to present a comprehensive portrait of both historical and legendary Troy, its role in Western culture, and the Mycenaean Age. From Schliemann's initial bulldozing at Hisarlik to Homer's epics, Hittite Empire, and slave women, Wood traverses the Aegean and beyond, from Berlin to Liverpool. The journey illuminates the dawn of Western literature, myth, and history without claiming a definitive answer on whether the Trojan war ever happened or if Troy was destroyed by natural causes.