Lost Tomb of Achilles

• The Tomb of Achilles is referred to by many ancient historians but no location has survived today.
• Achilles was killed by Paris, during the Fall of Troy, and his body was taken away but accounts vary of where exactly he was buried.

Roman Grand Tour

• The Roman Upper Classes had all read Homer‘s Iliad and the Odyssey.
• They visited the ruins of Troy and saw the Grave of Achilles, as part of the Itinerary on the Roman Grand Tour of the Ancient World.
• In 216 CE the Emperor Caracalla is recorded as having paid homage at the Tumulus, on his way to invade Parthia.

Museum of Troy, Canakkale