Helen of Troy: A Family of Blood (TRIH ep 458, part 2)
1,260 BCE · Resource
In this episode Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss Heinrich Schliemann’s archaeology and the relationship between Homeric myth and Bronze Age reality.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1260 BCE
- The Sack of Troy (1184 BCE)
- The death of Hector (1184 BCE)
- Zhou dynasty (1046 BCE)
- The Wooden Horse (1184 BCE)
- Exodus from Egypt (1300 BCE)
- The slaughter of the suitors (1175 BCE)
- The Fall of Troy (1184 BCE)
- The parting of the Red Sea (1446 BCE)
- Moses (1391 BCE)
- Olmec civilisation (1500 BCE)