culture then. So, possibly, this painted-battering-ram managed to affect a breach!

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There is another theory that the God Poseidon, who is also the God of horses and earthquakes, sent a huge earthquake to knock down those walls. Poseidon was even alleged to have originally built the walls of Troy and taking them down by an earthquake was no mean feat for him.

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Hisarlik, found atop a large mound in western Turkey, is identified as the ancient city of Troy by a high-strung German Archaeologist, Heinrich Schliemann. He furrowed inevitably through the layer that was declared a site thousand years older than Troy, taking invaluable jewellery and giving them to his wife.

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Lastly, the city of Troy endured creations and destructions as shovels have been dug deep into the soil. The Greeksan excellent way of diversifying our workforce,' he said.

Senior Met officers have also revealed that previous attempts to recruit Gurkhas have been ignored by the armed forces.

The Gurkhas' courage will be highlighted hours earlier when five soldiers from the 1st Battalion, Royal Gurkha Rifles, are presented with the Military Cross at Buckingham Palace for bravery in Afghanistan.

The High Court last month ordered the government to recognise a 'debt of honour' to the men by reconsidering a refusal to allow more than 2,000 off them permission to live in Britain because they retired before July 1997.