Bulgaria Archaeologists Present Unique Thracian Tomb Finds [pics]

Novinite ^ | Tuesday, November 17, 2009 | unattributed

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A team of Bulgarian archaeologists led by Veselin Ignatov formally presented Tuesday their finds from the tomb of an aristocrat from Ancient Thrace near the southern town of Nova Zagora.

In October and November 2009, Ignatov's team found a burial tomb of dated back to the end of 1st century and beginning of 2nd century AD, located outside of the village of Karanovo, in southern Bulgaria.

The finds at the lavish Thracian tomb include gold rings, silver cups and vessels coated with gold and clay vessels. Those include two silver cups with images of love god Eros, and a number of other ornate silver and bronze vessels.

According to Ignatov, the finds are sufficiently varying and rich to be used for the forming of a small museum dedicated to provincial Roman-era art. The aristocrat belonged to a rich family descended from the ruling strata in the Odrysian Kingdom (5-3rd century BC).

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No way — Bulgaria is an ancient nation — stretching back 1700 years, and even older if you consider the Volga Bulgarians. These were the people who took on the Byzantines and won. They’ve maintained their nationhood through wars with and cultural or political occupation by Greeks and Turks