In 1274 BCE, the Egyptian and Hittite Empires met for battle at Kadesh. Less than a hundred years later, around 1190, unknown invaders captured and destroyed the Hittite capital of Hattusa. Between these two events, legend tells us, a Trojan prince named Paris visited the Mycenaean Greek city of Sparta and ran off with its… Continue reading In Search of the Trojan War by Michael Wood