Yes, mistakes are a key to great discoveries as they bring inventions and scientists closer to their original goals, as well as lead to unexpected discoveries. Proof exists that mistakes lead to great inventions because, according to the article “Lost cities, lost treasures,” in 1871 an adventurer named Heinrich Schliemann started digging in the ground of a Turkish city, seeking the lost city of troy”. Schliemann made a huge destruction around the area that he believed Troy lied on, but he was still able to find the lost city of Troy and the antiques. However in the article it says, “Schliemann’s actions erased important clues to Troy’s past.” Schliemann did find the lost city of Troy but he destroyed some of its land, but still managed
