One of the most famous cities of ancient history, the mythological city of Troy dates back to the early Bronze Age. Best known as the famous city of Helen and the horse of Trojans from Homer's Iliad, there is a large reconstruction of the wooden horse located next to the museum.

Close by the Dardanelle Straights, Troy's ruins speak to us in a way that time has been unable to destroy. There are traces of succeeding civilizations in Troy's many layers of earth; civilizations that replaced one another dating back as far as 4,000 B.C. From the terrace on the Acropolis of Troy the entire panorama of the ruins can be seen with the sea in the distance. The ruins of the Gate of Dardanus, where, in the Iliad, the Trojan hero Hector was killed by Achilles, are most evocative.