Looking at the perception of archaeology within our society, and the development of new technologies, we discover that we are faced both with new challenges and new opportunities. Ideally, our own research from excavation and documentation to analysis and publication, and a popular presentation of it, could somehow be combined within one consistent workflow, using technology tailored to meet the purpose. Given the limits of resources and know-how in academic archaeology -even at Troy -such ideas are mostly bound to remain science-fiction. How can we archaeologists actually be enabled to meet the challenge and make the best of new opportunities a new millenium has to offer?The general aim of the project "Virtual Archaeology" is the introduction of fundamentally changed working methods i n archaeology with the aid of the most modern technologies, not only in the area of primary data acquisition but also in data processing and editing for scientific purposes and for the presentation of archaeological knowledge to a broad general public.