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The layout of the buildings and streets were adapted to the circular shape of the walls, whose center was made up of the vast royal palace with its temple. In another hill closer to the sea, was found a necropolis of the same period of the Bronze Age burials with men, women and children, as well as funerary objects made from the same type of pottery found at Troy VI. Some cremation remains have also been found here.

The layout of the buildings and streets were adapted to the circular shape of the walls, whose center was made up of the vast royal palace with its temple. In another hill closer to the sea, was found a necropolis of the same period of the Bronze Age burials with men, women and children, as well as funerary objects made from the same type of pottery found at Troy VI. Some cremation remains have also been found here.

A vast lower city, located at the base of the acropolis, was discovered by [[Manfred Korfmann]]'s expedition in 1988<ref>https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/20021023wednesday.html?scp=7&sq=erich%2520von%2520daniken&st=cse</ref>, helped by a new technique called magnetic prospecting<ref>http://www.academia.edu/1633319/Magnetic_prospecting_in_archaeological_sites</ref>. Following this discovery, the city as a whole is believed to have had a size of over 86.4 acres, about thirteen times larger than the citadel itself, and making Troy one of the largest cities of the Bronze Age.

A vast lower city, located at the base of the acropolis, was discovered by [[Manfred Korfmann]]'s expedition in 1988<ref>https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/20021023wednesday.html?scp=7&sq=erich%2520von%2520daniken&st=cse</ref>, helped by a new technique called magnetic prospecting<ref>https://www.academia.edu/1633319/Magnetic_prospecting_in_archaeological_sites</ref>. Following this discovery, the city as a whole is believed to have had a size of over 86.4 acres, about thirteen times larger than the citadel itself, and making Troy one of the largest cities of the Bronze Age.

Its population would have been between 5,000 and 10,000; during a siege it is estimated that it could accommodate up to 50,000 inhabitants of the entire region. Facing it, in 1993 and 1995, two parallel ditches of 3 to 6 feet in depth were discovered, which could have served as a defense against an attack perpetrated by war chariots; a fortified gate has also been found that starts from the walls of the lower city and a paved road that leads from the Scamander plain to the west gate of the citadel.

Its population would have been between 5,000 and 10,000; during a siege it is estimated that it could accommodate up to 50,000 inhabitants of the entire region. Facing it, in 1993 and 1995, two parallel ditches of 3 to 6 feet in depth were discovered, which could have served as a defense against an attack perpetrated by war chariots; a fortified gate has also been found that starts from the walls of the lower city and a paved road that leads from the Scamander plain to the west gate of the citadel.