Bulgarian archaeologist Nikolay Ovcharov demonstrates how the ancient rock stove that he found at Perperikon works. Photo by Darik News
Posted on 10/21/2010 8:19:26 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Leading Bulgarian archaeologist Nikolay Ovcharov has completed his four-month summer excavations at the Ancient Thracian city of Perperikon.
On Tuesday, Ovcharov presented his latest intriguing discovery an ancient cooking stove cut right into the stones of the rock city dated back to 3rd-4th century.
The stove consists of a lower part, a hearth, whose ceiling has two holes that let through some fire; the ceramic cooking vessels would be placed on top of the holes.
"We can easily call this discovery a prototype of the contemporary cooking stoves," Ovcharov said.
The archaeologist made a recapitulation of his four months of excavations over the summer, during which his team examined 100 meters of the fortress wall of Perperikon.
The 3-meter-thick wall is taken to mean that Perperikon was the strongest fortress in the Rhodope Mountain from the Roman period (in this case, the second half of the 3rd century AD).
The stronghold protected what is believed to have been a palace-sanctuary harboring the ancient temple of Dionysus.
Professor Ovcharov, also known as the "Bulgarian Indiana Jones", believes that Perperikon was a religious center in Thracian and Roman times but was also a crucial city controlling the mining of gold in the Rhodope Mountain.
The numerous artifacts and objects unearthed by him over the summer include a Roma lamp with the image of a naked dancer, bronze and silver ornaments, lead seals of local rulers, including the Byzantine patrician Teodorokan, two rock tombs, and an image of a mummer (known in Bulgaria as "kukeri" dated to the 13th century.
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Bulgarian archaeologist Nikolay Ovcharov demonstrates how the ancient rock stove that he found at Perperikon works. Photo by Darik News
Not worth its own topic:
http://paper.standartnews.com/en/article.php?d=2010-10-07&article=34366
Archaeologists Unearth Coin from Khan Tervel Reign
Thursday, October 7, 2010
A team of archaeologists working at a bi-ritual necropolis near Topola village, Kavarna region, northeastern Bulgaria, found unique early Byzantine coin dated back from the ruling of Khan Tervel (700-721), Lyudmila Doncheva, head of the team announced. The coin is from the reign of Byzantine Emperor Leontios (717-741). Lyudmila Doncheva assumes that most probably the find is connected to the siege of Constantinople in which Bulgarian Khan Tervel participated. The artifact is considered very valuable because this is the earliest dated coin ever unearthed in a bi-ritual necropolis, professor Doncheva stated. She added that at such archaeological sites coins are rarely found. Untill now one silver and one gold coin of the same kind were found near Kyulevcha village, Shoumen district, but they belong to a later period.
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Rock stoves were used by cyclops.
More significant were the discarded 3rd-4th century, used, Sterno cans by the stove. For by what other reason would one conclude an erosion in a stream bed was a 17 century old forgotten stove?
A lovely piece of history.
Of course, they had to have someone else cook for them, because they lacked depth perception.
The discovery probably made the discoverer flip! (sorry)
I understand paper stoves beat rock stoves.
Well, duh.
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