The Trojan War: Turkey or England?

Wilkens gives more evidence about the Trojan plain,

The Trojan plain in Turkey is also far too small to contain all the rivers mentioned by Homer, or all the cities destroyed by Achilles. In fact this plain, which was even considerably smaller 3200 years ago, does not provide enough space for the installation of an invading army of about 100,000 men and still leave enough room for the long pursuits with the horse-drawn chariots. (par. 2)

The German archaeologist, Manfred Korfmann, counters this theory in his article, “Was There a Trojan War?”. He says, “[t]he most recent excavations have determined that Troy, which now covers about seventy-five acres, is about fifteen times larger that previously thought” (Korfmann par. 5). Wilkens goes on to state other evidence of why the assumed Trojan Plain is not the true Trojan Plain. He says, “[s]ince Homer speaks of the “horse-taming Trojans” and of “Troy rich in horses” one would expect archaeologists to have found many skeletons of horses, which is not the case” (Wilkens par. 2). Another bold statement by Wilkens is his statement about Mycenaeans. He quotes, “[w]hat is more troubling is that Mycenae had ceased to exist by the time the Trojan War was about to start” (par 2).

There is still more evidence about the names of places that Homer wrote about that Wilkens presents. He says,

[I]f one assumes that the Trojan War was a conflict between the Celts fought in England, how does one explain that Egypt, Lesbos, Crete, Cyprus and Syria are only a few days sailing from Troy? This problem remained the major stumbling block until I realized that in Homer’s time these places had entirely different names; Lesbos was called Issia, Cyprus was Alasjia, Crete was Keftiu, Syria was Aram while Egypt was called Kemi or Misr (as today) and in Hebrew Mitsrayim, also unchanged until today. The conclusion was that the geographical names mentioned by Homer designated entirely different places, which were situated, as it turned out, in Western Europe. (Wilkens par. 5)

He gives a few examples, “…the Orneia river in Homer is now the Orne…Cleonae, now Cléon and Gonoesse, now Gonesse…” (Wilkens par. 5). Also,

As we all know, the Trojan War was started by Agamemnon, who was called “the wide-ruling king”, an epithet unjustified if he ruled over the small, northeastern corner of the Peloponnese, but most appropriate in Western Europe, where he ruled over a very vast territory indeed, stretching from the Gironde river in southwest France to the Rhine near Cologne in Germany. We can therefore consider Agamemnon as the first king of France in documented history, whose capital was Mycenae, since called Troyes, situated to the southeast of Paris on the Seine River….And Agamemnon’s capital Mycenae was apparently renamed Troyes after his victory in the Trojan War… (Wilkens par. 6)

It is easier to view the aspect of the Trojan War happening in England in light of this evidence. The clues clearly support Wilkens’ theory. The conclusion is then that the Trojan War was between two different groups of Celts, one in France or Western Europe and one in England. The reason for this war was the need for tin to make bronze, and Ancient Troy stood in England, on the, “…Gag Magog Hills near Cambridge” (Wilkens par. 7).