Thracian travel

23/03/2024

Under the Thracian gods particularly interesting was the Heros-God, known as the Thracian Horseman, as he was worshipped by the Thracians, because he was not a specific person like the Greek gods. Although ancestor worship of real people who had done great deeds bled into it, the Thracian Hero was an abstract figure, the idea of a Hero.

17/03/2024

This pagan custom in our lands dates back to the Thracians - one of Bulgaria's ancestral people - and is related to the Cult of Dionysos and the celebration of an agricultural new year associated with the plowing of the fields in the wider area of Thrace. The name k***r could be derived from Latin cuculla meaning "hood, cowl" or cucurum, "quiver".

11/03/2024

Discovered during excavations on the Svetitsata mound (in the Stara Zagora region of Bulgaria), this gold funerary mask is of a middle-aged Thracian man. An incredibly rare artefact, the mask itself weighs 673 grams, and has been dated to about the 5th century BC.

09/03/2024

The door of the goddess" (also known as "The sun door") is one of the most ancient Thracian sanctuaries found in the Bulgarian lands. It is located south of the village of Buzovgrad and can be reached by a well marked eco-path starting from the village. The Megalith dating from 1800-1600 BC.

08/03/2024

The great mother goddess, known as Bendida, is one of the most important deities of the Thracians.

Why is the image of the Great Mother Goddess so important to the Thracians? Connected with their ancient representations of the structure of the world, encoded in mystical teaching, known as Thracian orphism. The great mother goddess is Cosmos itself. She conceived and gave birth to her Son, who is the Sun during the day and the Fire by night.

06/03/2024

05/03/2024

The Temple in the “Helvetia“ Moun Shipka(Kazanlak) This tomb is also dated back to the last quarter of IV century BC. In IV century BC, the building has been used as a shrine, but after the last burial when in the antechamber a horse has been ritually sacrificed, the corridor has been filled with boulders and soil.

The tomb is located in the southern periphery of the mound and was discovered in 1996. It is built of large well-cut stone blocks connected to each other with iron clamps.

24/02/2024

A beautiful Roman cavalry helmet was found in a large burial mound called Roshava Dragana in Bulgaria. 1st century AD

More: https://thetravelbible.com/top-artifacts-from-the-stone-age/

23/02/2024

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20/02/2024

Seuthes III was a king of Odrysia, a part of Thrace, during the late 4th century BC.

Bronze Head of Seuthes III found by Georgi Kitov in 2004 at his tomb at Golyamata Kosmatka, now at the National Archaeological Museum in Sofia

19/02/2024

The waters of the Koprinka Dam cover the remains of a whole Thracian city, Seuthopolis

Seuthopolis is still there, hidden under the silt of the dam.

17/02/2024

The Ostrusha mound is a Thracian burial tumulus near the Bulgarian town of Shipka. It was constructed in the middle of the 4th century BCE. The stone structures under the more than 18 meters high mound form one of the biggest representative tomb-cult complexes with 6 rooms on an area of 100 square meters. It was professionally excavated in 1993.

16/02/2024

The Thracians were famous for three main things: waging war, making jewelry and exquisite ornamentation, and producing wine. The Thracians were skillful and insatiable warriors, which is evidenced in the numerous wars they were engaged in. The Thracians were also well-known for producing fine jewelry and ornamentation and there are multiple impressive golden treasures from Thracian origin discovered in Bulgaria. Some theories that support the notion of the Thracians being the original inhabitants of this land point to the Thracians as the creators of the oldest golden treasure in the world discovered in northeastern Bulgaria near the city of Varna and dating back to 6 000 years BC.

15/02/2024

The Valley of the Thracian Rulers

is a name which was made popular by the archaeologist Georgi Kitov and describes the extremely high concentration and variety of monuments of the Thracian culture in the Kazanlak Valley in Bulgaria. It is believed that there are over 1500 tumuli in the region, with only 300 being researched so far.