For Y'all Data - Small-Scale Looted Thracian Tholos Tomb Excavated Inwards Bulgaria

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Hellenistic era Thracian tomb has been flora past times archaeologists virtually the town of Rozovo virtually the town of Kazanlak, inwards the Stara Zagora District.

The entrance of the newly unearthed Ancient Thracian tomb virtually Rozovo, Kazanlak Municipality, 
in Central Bulgaria, which has turned out to live Bulgaria’s smallest Thracian brick tomb 
[Credit: Kazanlak Museum of History]

The tomb, which is said to live the smallest ancient Thracian brick tomb e'er excavated inwards Bulgaria, is a beehive (Greek tholos or “domed”) type amongst a burial sleeping room in addition to a pocket-size antechamber. It dates to the commencement one-half of the third century BC.

Unfortunately the Rozovo tomb, similar many other Thracian burial mounds in addition to tombs, had been fully looted past times modern-day treasure hunters.

Damage inwards the walls of the Rozovo Tomb caused past times treasure hunters who wiped ready clean the 
Ancient Thracian funeral inventory inwards 2010 [Credit: Kazanlak Museum of History]

The Kazanlak Valley inwards Central Bulgaria, besides known equally the Rose Valley, is peculiarly rich inwards damage of the reveal of ancient Thracian burial mounds in addition to tombs flora in that location (with an estimated 1,500 mounds, of which around 300 accept been explored), in addition to has locomote known equally the Valley of Odrysian Thracian Kings, equally it was the ability centre of the Odrysian Kingdom (5th century BC – 1st century AD).

“It is curious that the treasure hunters’ digs were illogical in addition to fifty-fifty a little., says Pb archeologist Georgi Nehrizov. "One of them was exterior the burial chamber, in addition to exposed its outer wall, which is totally pointless. Another dig came from the west, reached the burial chamber, in addition to pierced its wall, which is besides totally useless, destroying business office of the dome room."

A thought from the within of the surviving “dome” of the Rozovo Tomb, which was 
completed with a rock slab on top [Credit: Kazanlak Museum of History]

“This Hellenistic Era Thracian brick tomb is the instant one... to live discovered amongst a fully preserved dome. Several other such brick tombs accept been flora inwards the Kazanlak Valley [the Valley of Odrysian Thracian Kings] simply they are less preserved, in addition to cloth from them was used for other structures inwards afterward periods,” Nehrizov explains.

"This is the smallest tomb of this form to accept been discovered in addition to hence far. The dome’s transcend is covered amongst a rock slab. It consists of 23 rows of bricks of diverse shapes in addition to sizes. There are rectangular, square, in addition to sectoral bricks, in addition to around of them are really thick. Our excavations Pb to the decision that the bricks were baked hither on the location depending on the item that the architect in addition to builder needed, in addition to everything was made to tally together.”

Unfortunately, the smallest Ancient Thracian brick tomb inwards Republic of Bulgaria was totally looted 
by treasure hunters dorsum inwards 2010 [Credit: Kazanlak Museum of History]

In forepart of the burial sleeping room in addition to the antechamber, in that location was a shed covered amongst Laconian – type roof tiles, large apartment tiles which were pieced together amongst curved tiles.

“Apparently, the shed was a wooden structure. Such sheds accept been flora inwards other Ancient Thracian tombs inwards the Kazanlak Valley such equally Shushmanets, the Griffins’ Tomb, the Helvetia Tomb, simply hither the shed seems amend preserved. The treasure hunters didn’t dig from the south," Nehrizov adds.

On the outside, the Rozovo Tomb was plastered amongst river stones shaping what the Bulgarian archaeologists elevate to equally a “coat", which both solidified the construction in addition to prevented atmospheric H2O from penetrating the tomb.

“Unfortunately, after the treasure hunters’ raid, in that location is nix left within the tomb [in damage of funeral inventory]. We’ve flora scattered bones from a human skeleton, including a skull, on the flooring simply in that location is no archaeological material, non fifty-fifty pottery. This is non a hurdle to dating the monument because all fourteen similar Thracian tombs studied [by archaeologists] in addition to hence far appointment to the commencement one-half of the third century BC. This i is no exception," Nehrizov reveals.

Source: Archaeology inwards Republic of Bulgaria [October 08, 2018]


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