... First great postcard of two showing the best places to explore Thracian history... the Thracian Tomb of Kazanluk and the Tomb of Sveshtari... the Kazanluk tomb itself is ornately decorated, and surprisingly small (about 3x3m). .. it's famous because of its unique frescoes of extremely high artistic value representing a Thracian couple at a ritual funeral feast... in order to preserve the frescoes as much as possible, the access to the original tomb is strictly forbidden... but that should be no problem, because there is an exact copy right next to the original one... Thanks a lot Mariyana!❀◕ ‿ ◕❀
© Photo: Boyko Kalev, design Vlado Prangov
Discovered in 1944, this tomb dates from the Hellenistic period, around the end of the 4th century BC. and is believed to have belonged to the Thracian ruler Roigos.The Thracians are Indo-Europeans and began to emerge as a singular ethnic group around the middle of the 2nd Millennium BC. They primarily resided on the territories of modern-day Bulgaria, Romania, northern Greece and north-western Turkey.
The monument is a vaulted brickwork "beehive" (tholos) tomb, that used to be part of a large Thracian necropolis. It comprises a narrow corridor and a round burial chamber, both decorated with murals.
They were named an UNESCO world heritage site in 1979.
Stamp:
Bulgarian Natural Phenonmenon
(21-06-2024)
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