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Published online 29 January 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030127-4
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Geologists show Homer got it right
Trojan geography in Homer's Iliad matches sediment record of Dardanelles coastline.
Homer knew his geography, say US researchers. The ancient Greek writer's description of the war fought around Troy is consistent with a new reconstruction of the way the region looked about three millennia ago1.
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