hey that's mine... i been lookin for that!!!So was this a high enough culture to rival Sumer, Egypt, and the Indus River Civilization? Also, four thousand years for a culture of whom little is known? Small but intelligent?
You can find all sorts of things in Bulgaria!
btt for later read
Amazing that such an advanced civilization should have existed in Bulgaria 5000 years ago. There's so much that we don't know about ancient peoples who lived outside of Egypt or the Middle East.
Thanks for a most interesting post and link!
hey that's mine... i been lookin for that!!!The authenticity of the artifacts is currently in great doubt, particularly since the word 'Oldsmobile' appears several times in the text.
Alloys are one of the best indicators of the development of a civilization. They are a natural discovery, because of mixes in ores, and the fact that generally alloys melt at lower temperatures than single metals.
But the most important indicator is how much mining a people engage in. There is almost a perfect correlation between the amount of mining and economic success in history. And if you have to get your alloy ore from another nation, through trade, that opens up a whole new facet to development.
Beaugenhaus....for Damien.
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"The historian Herodotus described the Thracian as savage, bloodthirsty warriors .."
The Romans wrote about most "foreigners" in this way.
This is a real odd looking "dagger" (wide, square point?)unless that's the sheath in the picture.
Are the gold circles the remains of some kind of ceremonial chainmail armor?
Platinum? Uh, no.
ap whack at dagger and rings discovery
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Bulgarian archaeologist unearths dagger
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060808/ap_on_sc/bulgaria_ancient_treasure
SOFIA, Bulgaria - A 6-inch-long gold and platinum dagger believed to be 5,000 years-old has been unearthed in central Bulgaria, the archaeologist leading the excavations said Monday.
Archaeologist Martin Hristov said his team discovered more than 500 tiny golden rings that appeared to be pieces of ancient jewelry.
Bozhidar Dimitrov, the head of the National Museum of History, said the finds were perfectly preserved and would soon go on display in the museum.
The artifacts were gradually unearthed in the past few weeks in an ancient Thracian complex near the central village of Dabene, 75 miles east of the capital, Sofia.
Other finds include a small golden plaque, silver vessels, bronze and silver ritual knives, and ancient pottery.
Over the past two years Hristov's team has found more than 15,000 miniature ancient golden rings and beads near Dabene — all dating back about 5,000 to 5,200 years. They form exquisite golden jewels said to resemble the adornment found by German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann when he discovered the site of ancient Troy.
"The mounds near Dabene seem part of a complex — some of them resemble tombs, while others appear to be ritual sites where ancient people buried gifts for the gods," Hristov said.
Historians suggest that the people who crafted the dagger and the golden jewels were ancestors of the Thracians, who inhabited the lands of present day Bulgaria and parts of modern Greece, Turkey, Macedonia and Romania between 4,000 B.C. and the 8th century A.D. when they were assimilated by the invading Slavs.
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