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Ilium

The ilium, or ilion (not to be confused with the ileum), is a bone, part of the pelvis.

There is also a band called Ilium.

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Ilium was also the name of a city in Northwest Turkey near the Dardanelles. It was founded in the reign of the Roman Emperor Augustus and flourished until the establishment of Constantinople, after which it declined. The city was located on the site that many ancients believed to be the location of Troy and this led to Homer's poem about the war being named the Iliad. In 1870 the German archeologist Heinrich Schliemann excavated the area and discovered several cities built in succession to one another. Many believe that one of the earlier cities is the one known to legend as Troy but no text or artifact has confirmed this yet.

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