Posted on 06/24/2005 10:23:20 AM PDT by blam
Archaeologists unearth part of 3, 500 year-old gold mask
SOFIA (bnn)- Archaeologists in Southern Bulgaria, exploring what they believe to be the tomb of Orpheus, discovered fragments of a golden mask dating from the Trojan War, state TV reported.
The expedition found the gold in a 3, 500 year-old temple that has survived untouched by treasure hunters. Archaeological team leader Nikolay Ovcharov said the mask was older than a 690-gram (24.3-ounce) Thracian gold mask that was unearthed a year ago in central Bulgaria. The Thracians were Bronze Age people, who lived in the Balkans between 4,000 B.C. and the seventh century A.D. Ovcharov said the golden fragments were discovered in a perfectly preserved cultural layer from the 15 c. - 11 c. B.C. near the village of Tatul, next to the Bulgarian-Greek border. He said the find could be linked the Ancient Greek Mycenae culture.
GGG Ping.
"exploring what they believe to be the tomb of Orpheus"
???
Fascinating! Where's a picture?
They only got part of the mask, OK who stole the rest of it?
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'cept the Trojan War happened in the NE Europe, over tin, right?
Jest funnin'.
I didn't know Orpheus was anything beyond a mythological character.
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