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6 Amazing Artifacts with Ancient Greek Mythology Scenes Discovered in Bulgaria
Archaeology in Bulgaria ^ | April 12, 2018 | Ivan Dikov

Posted on 01/07/2019 10:59:01 PM PST by SunkenCiv

#1. This Ancient Thracian Aristocrat's War Helmet Depicting Trojan War / Iliad Scenes

1st - 2nd century AD, Brestovitsa, Central South Bulgaria

Discovered: 2013

A very rare war helmet of a Thracian aristocrat from the 1st-2nd century AD featuring motifs from the story of the Trojan War - made world famous through the Iliad by Ancient Greek poet Homer - was discovered during emergency excavations in Southern Bulgaria in 2013.

The Thracian war helmet was found in an Ancient Thracian tumulus (burial mound) known as Pamuk Mogila in Bulgaria's Brestovitsa, and was shown to the public for the first time in 2015.

Alongside images of ancient gods, Eros, Apollo, and Hermes, it features a scene from the Trojar War depicting the murder of Hector's son Astyanax (Scamandrius) by Achilles's son Neoptolemus.

It is said to be the world's only known depiction of the said Trojan War scene which dates back to the Roman Age.

(Excerpt) Read more at archaeologyinbulgaria.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: achilles; apollo; astyanax; bulgaria; eros; godsgravesglyphs; hermes; homer; neoptolemus; pamukmogila; romanempire; scamandrius; thrace; thracians; trojanwar
A view of the right side of the Ancient Thracian aristocrat's helmet with Greek mythology scenes found in the Thracian burial mound (tumulus) Pamuk Mogila in Bulgaria's Brestovitsa in 2013. Photo: Plovdiv24

A view of the right side of the Ancient Thracian aristocrat's helmet with Greek mythology scenes found in the Thracian burial mound (tumulus) Pamuk Mogila in Bulgaria's Brestovitsa in 2013. Photo: Plovdiv24

A view of the back of the Ancient Thracian war helmet found in Bulgaria's Brestovitsa: a Greek mythology scene from the Trojar War depicting the murder of Hector's son Astyanax (Scamandrius) by Achilles's son Neoptolemus. Photo: Plovdiv24

A view of the back of the Ancient Thracian war helmet found in Bulgaria's Brestovitsa: a Greek mythology scene from the Trojar War depicting the murder of Hector's son Astyanax (Scamandrius) by Achilles's son Neoptolemus. Photo: Plovdiv24

1 posted on 01/07/2019 10:59:02 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 01/07/2019 11:01:05 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: SunkenCiv

BEAUTIFUL.

Yours, TMN78247


3 posted on 01/07/2019 11:29:12 PM PST by TMN78247 ("VICTORY or DEATH", William Barrett Travis, LtCol, comdt., Fortress of the Alamo, Bejar, 1836)
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To: SunkenCiv

My hope is one day that we can see how the entire human race moved about, to see where everybody went when their people disappeared.


4 posted on 01/07/2019 11:40:30 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death by cults.)
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To: TMN78247
My pleasure. Not sure how I missed the original story.

5 posted on 01/07/2019 11:41:07 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: SunkenCiv

Those helmets are amazing.


6 posted on 01/07/2019 11:54:00 PM PST by Mozzafiato
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To: SunkenCiv

Wow!!


7 posted on 01/08/2019 3:36:22 AM PST by GOP Poet
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To: SunkenCiv

Just imagine the patience, labor, and craftsmanship involved with making this. Just incredible.


8 posted on 01/08/2019 4:24:59 AM PST by Openurmind
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To: SunkenCiv

I object to the author’s use of the word ‘murder’ in this phrase: “.....from the Trojar War depicting the murder of Hector’s son Astyanax (Scamandrius) by Achilles’s son Neoptolemus”

It was War and death by combat - not murder.


9 posted on 01/08/2019 5:45:57 AM PST by reed13k (For evil to triumph it is only necessary that good men do nothing)
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To: SunkenCiv

I know from my hobby of ancient coins that a lot of discoveries have been made in the recent past—i.e. since the fall of communism— through the use of metal detectors.


10 posted on 01/08/2019 6:31:18 AM PST by hanamizu
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To: SunkenCiv
This phiale from the Rogozen Silver Treasure kept in Bulgaria’s Vratsa features a scene from the ancient mythology of Athena’s priestess Auge and the hero Hercules (Heracles). Photo: Vratsa Regional Museum of History The silver kantharos with gold depictions showing the sacrifice of the sacred golden ram that took Helle and Phrixus to Colchis is at the center of the exhibition on Jason and the Argonauts and their quest for the Golden Fleece. Photos: Thrace Foundation The silver kantharos depicting Athenian hero-king Theseus on the island of Crete is dated to 440 – 435 BC. Photo: National Gallery of Arts, Sofia The silver kylix depicting Theseus with the Marathonian Bull dates back to 445 – 440 BC. Photo: National Gallery of Arts, Sofia The Attica red-figure pottery krater with Oedipus and the Sphinx discovered in Bulgaria’s Sozopol is dated to the second quarter of the 5th century BC. Photo: ArchaeologyinBulgaria.com
11 posted on 01/08/2019 6:38:10 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: SunkenCiv
the sound of jaws dropping to the floors could be heard far and wide...

GORGEOUS STUFF!!

12 posted on 01/08/2019 7:20:05 AM PST by redhead (RAYfor little ones in pedo pipeline:child livestock: raped, tortured, and satanically sacrificed.)
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To: Red Badger; SunkenCiv

Can’t tell from this piece if it’s Auge digging Heracles or Heracles digging Auge. But we know something happened, fer shure.


13 posted on 01/08/2019 11:56:33 AM PST by colorado tanker
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To: colorado tanker

She was the mother of the hero Telephus by Heracles....................


14 posted on 01/08/2019 12:15:34 PM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: redhead

The workmanship is exquisite!....................


15 posted on 01/08/2019 12:16:20 PM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger

I already got one.


16 posted on 01/08/2019 3:34:53 PM PST by Artemis Webb
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To: colorado tanker
We'll have to consult the augur to find out.

17 posted on 01/08/2019 5:08:30 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: hanamizu
Yup, a lot of Byzantine-era caches were found, apparently buried by those fleeing the barbarians (such as the ancestors of the Bulgarians). There was also a massive uptick in ancient coin forgeries, right down to the phony concretions covering the supposed finds. Metal detectors should not be shunned by archaeologists, particularly since they wind up not learning of the existence of sites they should know about in order to study them.

18 posted on 01/08/2019 5:59:27 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: redhead
Quite!

19 posted on 01/08/2019 6:01:53 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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