(S +) Explorer, self-made millionaire, braggart: How Heinrich Schliemann almost destroyed the legendary Troy

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Excavator Schliemann (r.), Companion at Hisarlık 1889: "He didn't know the difference between right and wrong"

Photo: DAI Athens / D-DAI-IST-R35704;

Coloring: Olga Shirnina

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