Troy or Ilium was an ancient city located at Hisarlik in present-day Turkey, 30 kilometres south-west of Çanakkale. It is known as the setting for the Greek myth of the Trojan War. It is southwest of Istanbul, the biggest city in Turkey.

Has the lost city of Troy been found?

Most historians now agree that ancient Troy was to be found at Hisarlik. Troy was real. Evidence of fire, and the discovery of a small number of arrowheads in the archaeological layer of Hisarlik that corresponds in date to the period of Homer's Trojan War, may even hint at warfare.

Where is Troy right now?

The ancient city of Troy was located along the northwest coast of Asia Minor, in what is now Turkey. It occupied a strategic position on the Dardanelles, a narrow water channel that connects the Aegean Sea to the Black Sea, via the Sea of Marmara.