February 19, 1999

'Finding the Walls of Troy: Frank Calvert and Heinrich Schliemann at Hisarlik'

By NINA C. AYOUB

Frank Calvert was cautious, unassuming, and the epitome of the gentleman-scholar. Heinrich Schliemann was rash, flamboyant, and excelled in self-promotion. One man made the initial dig that would lead to Hisarlik's being accepted as the site of ancient Troy; the other man exploited that initiative and took full credit for Troy's discovery.

Or so Susan Heuck Allen argues in

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