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The Quest for the origins of the ancient Thracians...the parallels between Thracian culture and Minoan, Mycenaean and Phrygian cultures. According to Alexander Fol, the concept of "Mycenaean Thrace" was first developed in 1973 in order to explain the relative cultural unity between the Thracians and the Mycenaeans. In 1984, the Fourth International Congress of Thracology, which was held in Rotterdam, Netherlands, held a symposium done by Minister of Education and Science Dr. W.J. Deetman entitled "Thracians and Mycenaeans". This event was organized to help bring more discussions about the possible ethnic, cultural, religious and linguistic interrelations between Thracians and Hellenes...
by Ioannis Fidanakis
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Europe's oldest script was found in Thraki, in the form of ancient tablets in present day southern Bulgaria. The tablets, unearthed near the Southern town of Kardzhali, are over 35-centuries old, and bear the ancient script of the Cretan (Minoan) civilization, according to scientists from the University of Heidelberg, who examined the findings. This is the Cretan writing, also known as Linear A script, which dates back to XV-XIV century B.C. Linear A, is ancestor to both Linear B (Mycenaean) and ancient Cypriot writing systems.