These discoveries pushed down the history of ancient Greece by at least another millennium. Many enthusiasts believed that the stories recorded by the Greeks had at least a kernel of truth to them. Indeed, there were many attempts to actively link the Homeric epics to discoveries on the Greek mainland and at Troy. After all, was the impressive palace at Mycenae not fit for a High King like Agamemnon? Did the massive walls discovered at Hissarlik (identified as Troy) not correspond with the descriptions of the city’s fortifications in the Iliad?