Brief History

Troy is the ancient city where the Trojan War took place, mentioned in the Iliad epic written by Homer, just below the Aegean Sea exit of the Dardanelles, 30 km from Çanakkale. The Trojan War takes place between the Achaeans (Greeks) and the Trojans and lasts for 10 years.

The Trojan horse is a wooden horse model built by the Achaeans to break through the Trojan walls and sneak into the city. According to the plan, the Achaeans appear to be withdrawing from the war, leaving behind a very large wooden horse. In order for the plan to work, they leave an Achaean soldier with the horse, whose task is to ensure that the wooden horse enters the walls of Troy. Seeing the Achaeans retreat, the Trojans go to the giant wooden horse.

The captured Achaean soldier says that he escaped because he was chosen as a victim, and that the wooden horse was made for the Goddess Athena. Because of its size, the Trojans will not be able to let it in and they will burn it. Thus, they will have drawn the anger of the Goddess Athena on Troy.

The Trojans believe these words and take the wooden horse inside as a favor to the Goddess. Taking advantage of the night's peace celebrations, the Achaean warriors in the horse opened the gates, and the Achaean Army, which approached the walls of Troy, captured the city of Troy.

The Trojan Horse model stands on a rectangular and wheeled pedestal. You can touch the ladder with handrails, between the front and back legs of the horse, and in the middle of the two back legs, which is fixed to the pedestal. This ladder is placed so that guests visiting the Trojan Horse can climb the horse's body. After examining its legs, you will reach the horse's torso as you move forward by touching upwards. You can touch 5 square-shaped windows, both to the right and to the left of the middle part of the cylindrical body. By following the horizontally rows of windows towards the back of the horse, you will reach the tail, which is connected to the body by a cylindrical structure and then opens downwards at a right angle in the form of a bell. Proceeding your tactile depiction towards the upper part of the torso, the horse's back, you will touch a rectangular hut in the middle of the horse's back, with two windows on each side and a roof. In the front part of this structure, the neck and head of the horse are located. The mane, which starts right at the end of the hut, goes up to the horse's ears with an indented structure. At the end of the mane, you can touch the ears of the horse on the right and left. Continuing your tactile examination downwards from this point, you can first touch the round dimples symbolizing the horse's eyes, followed by the nostrils on the two sides and finally the mouth.