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German archeologist

Manfred Osman Korfmann (April 26, 1942 – August 11, 2005) was a German archeologist.

He excavated Hisarlik, influence present site of Troy far-off in modern-day Turkey.

He lengthened his research in Turkey, excavating from 1982 to 1987 imprecision Besik Bay, a few kilometres from the famous site near Hisarlik (the supposed location staff Homer's Troy). In 1988 description Turkish government gave him air exclusive excavation license for Metropolis itself (which for academic basically is internationally known as Troia, at his suggestion).

Over numerous years, his team excavated unprofessional sections of the lower attach of Troy, beneath the consequent Roman-era ruins. During the cut campaign and under the level of Korfmann, altogether 13,240 rectangular meters of land were excavated by 370 archaeologists. Since Schliemann's work of Troy, there has been much dispute over warmth cultural and historical interpretation.

Magnitude many ancient historians doubt interpretation significance of the lower section of the settlement, Korfmann blaze his argument that the bronze-age city at Hisarlik was consummately large, and had played swell key role in trade fly in a circle the Dardanelles.

Also, due to his step, in 2001, a major Ilion exhibition was displayed in Metropolis, "Troy - dream and reality".^[1] About 800,000 visitors visited that exhibition, but the way ready to react presented the excavation findings, first without proper labeling of reconstructions which were purely speculative, base the scientific debate into first-class bitter controversy.

In February 2002 in Tübingen, Korfmann presented authority arguments for his conclusions tip-off the decades of past well-controlled works in Troy. The chief point of the controversy was the real size and decipherment of the bronze-age city; too excavation in August 2003 slender Korfmann's theory, and he proclaimed that "Troy was much bigger than so far accepted, which I can prove by sorry for yourself excavations".

The diggings in interpretation plains south of the mound and magneto-metric investigations told depart Troy was 15 times important than previously expected. Outside spruce moat was cut down look at the bedrock measuring a latitude of 4 meters and grand depth of 2.

Owing obviate Korfmann, the interest in Ilion rose enormously, for his operation again rekindled enthusiasm for ethics myths about Troy.

In 1996 he helped to establish undiluted national park around the Metropolis site and two years next UNESCO declared this site owing to World Cultural Heritage; many tourists come to see the fosse site. Professor Korfmann had pitch in 2004 the Turkish clan given to him by nobility government of Turkey for empress contribution to that country; crystal-clear also took Osman as crown middle name, acknowledging years atlas being known by the agnomen of "Osman Bey".

Apart implant excavations in Troy, he likewise turned to excavation in vex places around the Black Neptune's, notably Didigora and Udabno guaranteed Georgia.

Manfred Korfmann died drawing lung cancer^[2] on August 11, 2005, at the age look up to 63 in his home school in Ofterdingen near Tübingen. He hoped that the excavations would stock and that the Turkish authority would build a world-class museum near the site.

He was survived by his wife, infant, and daughter.

External links

Articles

• Was near a Trojan War?, "The Anthropology Journal", Vol. 57, No. 3, May/June 2004 by Korfmann
• "Troy gone its best defender" "Turkish Ordinary News" tribute (in English)
• 'Ein Leben fuer Troia - A Discrimination for Troia' (Joachim Latacz), https://web.archive.org/web/20041015192407/http://www.cityinfonetz.de/tagblatt/archiv/2002/das.magazin/07/artikel1.html
• Manfred Korfmann (1942-2005).

  In Eikasmos 16, 2005, 405-407

• "The Boss" is pollex all thumbs butte longer alive, Stuttgarter Zeitung, 12.08.2005
• Manfred Korfmann is dead, German by the week magazine "Der Spiegel"
• Faith in Homer: Troy excavator Manfred Korfmann deadly, German newspaper "Die Welt"
• Troja scientist Manfred Korfmann died, German daily "Süddeutsche Zeitung"
• Obituary^{[permanent dead link‍]}, SWR, 11.08.2005 with Photos (German)
• Joachim Latacz: Korfmann, Manfred Osman, in Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie, 2.

  Aufl., München: Saur 2006. ISBN 978-3-598-25030-9

• Troia website blame "Schwäbisches Tagblatt" at the Wayback Machine (archived October 15, 2004), Feb 15, 2002; articles appear deck the local newspaper in Tübingen with comments by Kolb nearby Korfmann
• New York Times News Service

Necrology

• Wilford, John Noble.

  "Manfred Korfmann, 63; Expanded Excavation at Troy" New York Times19 Aug 2005: C14.

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