Kazanlak - Thracian Tomb
The Vinča Culture – is the is the oldest Neolithic culture in South-eastern Europe – the First European Metallurgists, the First European Writing. The ‘Old European’ Vinca p…
written and copyrighted by Týra Alrune Sahsnotasvriunt, June 2014Due to the lack of written records little is known about the Thracians (~2000 BC – ~375 AC) who settled in nowadays’ Bulgaria, Turke…
The plaque contains a complex iconography of divine figures and Mithraic symbols, probably associated with Thracian or Dacian beliefs of the Lower Danube region where this specimen was found. A...
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Thracians – “the second-most numerous people after the Indians”(herodotus, 5th century BC) Getae-Dacians belonged to the big Thracian family from South-Eastern Europe …
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Cintamani can be seen on several items from the Panagyurishte Treasure. This is believed to have been made in Thrace (now Bulgaria) not far from where it was found, around the 4th-3rd century BC. This motif also appears on other treasures of the Odrysian Kingdom such as on the Borovo amphora and the Shipka oyster shell.
A photo of an ancient Thracian chariot alongside the bones of horses and a dog quickly rose to the top of Reddit. But what's so exciting about the find, and who was buried in the chariot?
Bulgaria is looking forward to next week’s opening of its first ever exhibition in the Louvre Museum in France’s capital Paris which is going to showcase the most impressive treasures of Ancient Thrace, and the way of life of the...
