New Book on Schliemann Published
The Austrian Academy of Sciences has published a new book about the conflict between Heinrich Schliemann and Ernst Boetticher over the interpretation of the excavations at Troy. The author of the book, Michaela Zavadil, made extensive use of the Schliemann papers at the Archives of the Gennadius Library. Ein trojanischer Federkrieg. Die Auseinandersetzungen zwischen Ernst Boetticher und Heinrich Schliemann by M. Zavadil (Vienna 2009) will be available for consultation at the Gennadius Library, after a brief stop at the Gennadius Library Archives.