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[quote] - [b]Bulgarian archaeologists unearthed ancient golden artifacts, including bracelets with snake heads, a tiara with animal motifs and a horse head piece during excavation works at a Thracian tomb in northern Bulgaria[/b], they said on Thursday.
The new golden artifacts are [b]dated back to the end of the fourth or the beginning of the third century BC and were found in the biggest of 150 ancient tombs of a Thracian tribe[/b], the Getae, that was in contact with the Hellenistic world.
[b]The findings also included a golden ring, 44 applications of female figures as well as 100 golden buttons.[/b]
"These are amazing findings from the apogee of the rule of the Getae," said Diana Gergova, head of the archaeologist team at the site of the ancient Getic burial complex situated near the village of Sveshtari, some 400 km northeast from Sofia.
"From what we see up to now, the tomb may be linked with the first known Getic ruler Cothelas," said Gergova, a renown researcher of Thracian culture with the Sofia-based National Archaeology Institute.
One of the tombs there, known as the Tomb of Sveshtari, is included in the World Heritage List of U.N. education and culture agency, UNESCO, for its unique architectural decor with half-human, half-plant female figures and painted murals.
[b]The Thracians, ruled by a powerful warrior aristocracy rich in gold treasures, inhabited an area extending over modern Romania and Bulgaria, northern Greece and the European part of Turkey from as early as 4,000 BC.[/b]
They lived on the fringes of the Greek and Roman civilizations, often intermingling and clashing with the more advanced cultures until they were absorbed into the Roman Empire around 45 AD.
[b]Archaeologists have discovered a large number of artifacts in Bulgaria's Thracian tombs in recent decades, providing most of what is known of their culture, as they had no written language and left no enduring records.[/b][/quote]
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It's amazing to think how much stuff might still be buried under the ground or in some jungle waiting to be discovered.
How many of the archaeologists had whips?
A surprisingly got amount of detail on that jewelry for something so old.
[QUOTE=Vasili;38390829]A surprisingly got amount of detail on that jewelry for something so old.[/QUOTE]
It's surprising how good the ancient metal workers were. Judging by the quality, I might say they are Greek or Roman made.
Ancient golden artifacts found in Bulgaria. The rest of the wombles raise questions about his unexplained past.
[QUOTE=GrassyBat;38390981][t]http://www.halloweenunlimited.com/images/horse-head-mask.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
So now the horsemask was relevant 6000 years ago
whoa
I bet all of that stuff open a really big door.
Definately the work of the space wizards!
A friend of mine (Were Bulgarians) Found an old dagger and a gold coin when they were digging up the ground around his Country side house to make a canal.
And Finding old artifacts happens more than you think here in Bulgaria :V
[QUOTE=DaysBefore;38390883]It's surprising how good the ancient metal workers were. Judging by the quality, I might say they are Greek or Roman made.[/QUOTE]
Thracian.
SUPER LATE
They found ancient golden artefacts years ago in Bulgaria,not the same area though
[QUOTE=IPK;38399496]SUPER LATE
They found ancient golden artefacts years ago in Bulgaria,not the same area though[/QUOTE]
[quote]Fri, Nov 9, 2012[/quote]
[quote]they said on Thursday.[/quote]
how is this late
I thought those were Teddy Grahams at first
2 gold lady heads will get you a lap dance
but if you offer me a horse head shit gets real hot
[QUOTE=DaysBefore;38390883]It's surprising how good the ancient metal workers were. Judging by the quality, I might say they are Greek or Roman made.[/QUOTE]
Read the first sentence.
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