Posted on 01/22/2019 12:42:07 AM PST by SunkenCiv
The massive 3rd century AD Antiquity building exposed in July 2018 underneath the Maltepe Mound, Bulgaria's largest Ancient Thracian burial mound ever, has turned out to be a tower tomb like the ones in ancient Middle East cities such as Petra and Palmyra, and could contain the remains of Roman Emperor Philip I the Arab (r. 244 - 249 AD)...
In 2018, archaeologists began excavating the huge Ancient Thracian burial mound from the top down, and at first exposed only the roof of the building found underneath, which they said was of a square building, nearly 7 meters wide and nearly 7 meters long, and about 7-8 meters in height.
That is why, at first the archaeologists said the tomb probably belonged to some prominent Ancient Thracian aristocrat from the Roman period, i.e. after Ancient Thrace was conquered by the Roman Empire in the 1st century AD.
Now that the excavations have progressed substantially, however, Kisyov has revealed that the building underneath the Maltepe Burial Mound near the town of Manole, Plovdiv District, is about 20 meters wide.
The supposed tomb of Roman Emperor Philip I the Arab resembles a tower tomb from Petra, Jordan, or Palmyra, Syria, where, unfortunately, dozens of such ancient tower tombs were blown up by the Islamic State (ISIS).
(Excerpt) Read more at archaeologyinbulgaria.com ...
What if, as Ancient Astronaut theorists believe, the Great Pyramid of Giza that is standing on the current surface of the landscape, is actually only the tip top of a much larger tower built beneath the currently visible stones.
After all, the Sphinx was originally built in a pit that was filled with sand for thousands of years.
Go Georgio, Go!
Heh, I've loved Georgio since I first expedrienced him in the "Is There A Stargate?" vid extra on the DVD version of the movie "Stargate". VonDanniken appears in it as well. He's massively entertaining, and as an acquaintance once said of the National Inquirer, "it's the only thing you can trust." ;^)
Marcus Julius Philippus
a.k.a. Philip the Arab
Reign February 244 – September 249
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_the_Arab
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