Show troy sixth city on site digging into the desert sands of 0 asia minor an expedition from the university of cincinnati discovered some interesting facts about ancient troy and its site says pathfinder magazine this city immortalized by homer was built on a spot which has seen the rise and the fall of eight other cities the first to grow on this historic ground ceased to exist about years ago and the last to flourish there had its untimely end about BOO years after the death of christ digging through successive si ve layers 1 ay r s ot of pot debris and unearthing tons of 0 f pottery tery of different dates the archaeologists archeologists established troy as being sixth of the tha nine cities to occupy the ill fated spot |