Hisarlik Today
The region around Hisarlik is still inhabited by the descendants of the many and varied peoples who laid claim to the shores and hillsides of Anatolia. Present day Çanakkale is a thriving settlement close to the ancient site of Hisarlik. Çanakkale lies on both sides of the Dardanelles and touches both Europe (Gelibolu Peninsula) and Asia (Biga Peninsula) and just as it was in the time immortalised by Homer, maritime traffic connects both sides of the straits. Today, passenger ferries ply the waters where once warring tribes of Greeks and Trojans fought a battle that attracted the attention of the gods and won forever a place in human history.
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