If Heinrich Schliemann is to Troy, the British archaeologist Leonard Woolley is to what ancient city?
Leonard Woolley continued to play an important role at his archaeological sites. Woolley died on 20 February 1960 at age 79. Leonard Woolley Sir Charles Leonard Woolley (17 April 1880 – 20 February 1960) was a British archaeologist best known for his excavations at Ur in Mesopotamia. He is recognized as one of the first "modern" archaeologists, who excavated in a methodical way, keeping careful records, and using them to reconstruct ancient life and history. Woolley was knighted in 1935 for his contributions to the discipline of archaeology. Woolley was the son of a clergyman, and was brother to Geoffrey Harold Woolley,
Heinrich Schliemann actual field work." In 1874, Schliemann also initiated and sponsored the removal of medieval edifices from the Acropolis of Athens, including the great Frankish Tower. Despite considerable opposition, including from King George I of Greece, Schliemann saw the project through. The eminent historian of Frankish Greece William Miller later denounced this as "an act of vandalism unworthy of any people imbued with a sense of the continuity of history", and "pedantic barbarism". Peter Ackroyd's novel "The Fall of Troy" (2006) is based on Schliemann's excavation of Troy. Schliemann is portrayed as "Heinrich Obermann". Schliemann is also the subject of Chris