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Some of the layers show destruction by fire – such as the first circa 2700 BC, and some by earth quake, some even of a long siege, but can any of these concretely prove that the Trojan War, actually happened?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ancient-origins.net\/opinion-author-profiles\/petros-koutoupis-001606\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePetros Koutoupis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, independent historical researcher, conducts an investigation whether we can safely say if the Trojan war was indeed fact—or fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ancient-origins.net\/opinion-author-profiles\/petros-koutoupis-001606\"\u003ePetros Koutoupis\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an author and an independent historical researcher, focusing predominantly on the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age periods of the Eastern Mediterranean and general Near East. 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