The Trojan war, a fascinating story first told through the words of ancient oral poet, Homer, is described to have went on for a total of ten years. In the duration of this siege battle, it has been documented that the Greek army had set up their camps on the bay of Troy. Archaeologist Manfred Korfmann was one of the first men to excavate the land of Troy at Hisarlik, with a number of important findings still being examined or on display today; however, one of his most famous discoveries was the evidence of over fifty cremation funerals belonging to Greek soldiers. This is interesting because Homer describes that the bay was the Greek army's land of choice—this is where they spent the ten years of siege battle during the Trojan war, according