the schliemann trench cuts right across the entire mound in carrying out his excavation work he destroyed a great deal here found troy one one of the oldest fortified sites in asia minor but there was no trace of king priam. it was a great moment for him and when the broad ramp was exposed wide enough to take chariots horses and riders it had to lead to the residence of the trojan king time and again home had mentioned the ski and get surely it had to be here. and when the biggest hold of gold jewelry ever discovered at troy was found hidden in the masonry of the fortifications surely one was convinced that holmes while city was not a myth but reality the german archaeologist smuggled the go to berlin out of the end of the second world war it fell into the hands of the russians the treasure remains a sensitive political issue even today