Archaeologists’ team with director of the studies Krustina Panaiotova has found stony sepulchre dated to the 4th century b.c. It is male tomb and there is green stregul found near it. It is object, used from the athletes in the past.That Krustina Panaiotova’s team has found another tomb few days ago. It is supposed that might be one of gamester, because there were found also cons, dies and pieces. These finds are both from the necropolis at Sozopol. These year might be celebrated the 15th year since the repairing of the excavations there.
Fully preserved ornament of young female aristocrat was found at the excavations of Kaliakra promontory. That was announced by the director of the studies Boni Perunova from the archaeological institute and museum of the Bulgarian Academy of sciences, after the work of specialists. The ornament has been found at the suburb sector’s excavation of the stronghold, when was open a tomb of young woman. She is inhumed at assiduously made stone sepulchre. Up on her forehead the archaeologists have found rich ornament for female. Such ornaments can not be found so often, adds Boni Petrunova. It is known that at the Middle ages such ornaments has been used from female aristocrats.
Find of 18 tombs were found after excavations at the ” Goliam Jordan” area near Smiadovo. The examinations have been started at the middle of 70-ties of the past century with director of studies Popov. The investigated hillock from the late stone copper era (5000B.C.). From the period of the examinations has been received information for necropolis at the settlement. At 2005, under the leadership of Stefan Chohadjiev from the Veliko Turnovo university and doctor Svetlana Venelinova from the regional Historical museum- Shumen are started investigations of the ancient necropolis. Since July 1st 2007 the excavations are continuing at the western direction. Till this moment there are new seven tombs found, which are giving much more information about the funeral rituals.
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There was identified a king priestly interment from 3 500 years ago at the cave Samara, Krumovgrad municipality. At 1996 at 350 meters under the earth, the president of the regional board of local history researchers mister Mincho Gumanov has found a piled up ceramic, bronze and some other objects at “Samara”,which cave is 420 meters long at the explored part. By the explanations of the archaeologists, these ceramic cuts are from the period between 15th and 14th century, before Christ, and that confirm the theory of the experts that “Samara” has been habituated near by 2 500 millenniums. Unique for our land is that bronze labris. The other there found items has been surgical attributes. According to Nikolai Ovcharov’s words, most esteemed is the diminutive silver ornament of female sexual organ, portraying for the cult of the goddess mother, dated to 15-11 centuries before Christ. At this period, the funerals of Thracian kings has been situated at tombs, but that one at Krumovgrad’s cave precede them.
The “Ostrusha” tumulus is situated between Krun village and Shipka town, near by 200 meters left sode from the way. By the archaeologists this tumulus has been built 480 years before Christ. Any funeral is missing here. The main camera has monolithic boulder and lid (roof), there is door at the southern side. The tumulus is placed right at the place of an old sanctuary. The ceiling is carved with cimetric rectangles and sides, parallel to the sides of the ceiling. At the center there are placed two squares, where he walls of the inside placed one are turned threw the outside one to 90 degrees.Inside this one is signed ring. It is plastic workmanship.The outstanding wall,built at the east west direction are cultivated in precious way, probably consistent with the main purpose of this tumulus. The existing of this treatment is dazzling example for activity, totally unnecessary for the her aims as funeral camera only, because immediately after the tegument with soil become pointless. This one is the first and only one found ever ceiling with carvings among the Thracian finds.
The rocky tomb is situated in the region of Furnadjica - 2km northeast of Gorno Pole. The rocky tomb was chiseled out of the volcanic rock. The tomb is composed of an antechamber, entrance and burial chamber. The antechamber was formed in outline by chiseling in the rock; the entrance leads towards the rectangular chamber with rounded angles. Significant in this particular tomb is that it also has an opening from the top – on the ceiling of the burial chamber. Building of such tombs required a lot of time and effort, which indicates that they were built for people with high social ranks. Traces of burials and burial inventory have not been discovered because the majority of the rocky tombs were plundered in antiquity. Materials of archeological interest were discovered in several similar facilities that suggest that the rocky tomb in the region of Furnadjica is a Thracian cultural monument dating back to the 1st Century BC.
There is another Thracian rocky tomb registered as belonging to the village lands, but it has a much simpler plan of construction. Another interesting monument – a rocky relief displaying two small human figures – is situated nearby in the Furnadjika area. The tomb very likely belongs to a huge Thracian cult complex related to the beliefs and rituals of the ancient people.
