Schliemann (1822-1890) was a German businessman and influential amateur archaeologist. He advocated for the historicity (historical actuality of people and places) of places mentioned in the works of Homer. He spent much of the second half of his life unveiling the actual physical remains of the cities of Homer's epic tales. The location of Troy was his first interest. He were persuaded to begin digging at Hissarlik. By 1873 he discovered nine buried cities. Artifacts of copper and metal molds, metal tools, cutlery, shields, and vases were found at a depth of 8.5 metres. Gold artifacts were also found in June 1873. Schliemann smuggled to gold out of the Ottoman Empire to Greece.
He continued to excavate dig sites up to his death in 1890. He died in Naples, Italy, of Cholesteatoma, a growth in the inner ear, on 26 December 1890. His body was shipped to Athens where is was interred in a mausoleum in the First Cemetery of Athens. The mausoleum was shaped like an Ancient Greek temple.
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