For those of you who haven't been able to get to Troy recently, and want to see what's going on in the recent excavations, the Institute for Mediterranean Studies has recently made available a video _in English_ (previously available only in German and perhaps Turkish) with highlights of the 1993 and 1994 excavation seasons. Hoepfully, 1995 will be available soon, as well. School and museum libraries might want a copy. Here are some highlights (straight from the order form): Troy Excavations 1993 -- Parts of the Bronze Age defensive system (a rock-cut ditch) are discovered in the Lower City; within the city, foundations of houses from Troy III and IV with dome ovens are uncovered. At Kumtepe, walls dating to the beginning of the 4th millennium are found. From the post-Bronze Age period, mosaic floors from the 4th century A.D. are found in the Lower City, and evidence of the Fimbria destruction of Troy in 85 B.C. is uncovered in the Sanctuary. Restoration of the Odeion continued and a cuirassed statue of the Roman emperor Hadrian, found in the rubble of the stage building, is restored. The Hellenistic stairs at the northeast bastion are also restored. Troy Excavations 1994 -- Burials of the 5th millennium B.C. are unearthed at Kumtepe, and levels from Troy I through V are excavated in and around the Schliemann trench. New Troy VII houses are found along the southern side of the mound. More of the Troy VI rock-cut defensive ditch was uncovered. From the post-Bronze Age period, a marble statuette of the goddess Cybele (once gilded) was found in a Roman well in the Lower City. The Sanctuary yielded a Hellenistic building with pebble mosaics, a new Archaic building with an Aeolic capital (!!), fibulas, and pottery from the "Dark Ages" (1000-700 B.C.). Anyone who is interesting in getting the video (or perhaps having their library order it) can get it from: The Institute for Mediterranean Studies 7086 East Aracoma Drive Cincinnati, OH 45237, USA fax: 513 631-1715 The cost is $39.95 for either USA or European (PAL) VHS tapes, plus shipping and handling (first tape is $4.00 for USA, $5.00 for Canada, $6.00 for overseas, with $1.00 added for each additional video). Checks should be made out to "Friends of Troy." Regards, Regan Barr cross-posting to aia, talaros, classics, aegeanet, museum-l, ancien-l