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Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist and businessman (died 1890)

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Heinrich Schliemann

German businessman and archaeologist (1822–1890)

Johann Ludwig Heinrich Julius Schliemann was a German businessman and an influential amateur archaeologist. He was an advocate of the historicity of places mentioned in the works of Homer and an archaeological excavator of Hisarlık, now presumed to be the site of Troy, along…
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January 6

Day of the year

January 6 is the sixth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 359 days remain until the end of the year.
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