Situated 3 kilometers South Western to the Bulgarian- Turkey boarder line at Malko Turnovo, this tomb is placed up on a hill with about 40 more tumulus hills. The explored complex of four different types of tombs is being “city of the deceased” during the Hellenic and Roman epoch. At the constructed by marble blocks tombs were found coins, which confirms for the existence of the “Haronovic obol”- tradition and ritual of paying the transmission of the dead threw the underground river Sticks. Little bronze coin (obol) has been placed under the tongue of the buried for paying to Haron- the ferry driver at the underground kingdom. The archeologists dated as last period of dwelling IV century AC.
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