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Heinrich Schliemann an archaeological treasure hunter.

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Heinrich Schliemann was born in Beubukow, Germany in 1822 and he died in 1890 at Naples, Italy. He received little education as a child, and first was enrolled at school at age 9. But he was later removed after his father could no longer afford payments, as he was accused of stealing church money. In the Christmas of 1829 Heinrich's father gave him a book entitled, an illustrated history of the world, by Ludwig Jerrer. These, along with other classical stories read to him by his father, especially Homer's Iliad, inspired him to one day uncover the city of Troy.

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Heinrich Schliemann is credited with the discovery of the city of Troy, the mask of Agamemnon and King Priam's treasure, a treasure which consisted of golden earrings, necklaces, pots of silver and gold. In his report he said, "I cut out the Treasure with a large knife. This required great exertion and involved great risk, since the......

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