Unique Thracian Find on Exhibition
On September 16, 2009, at The Sofia Mall, the Deputy Minister of Culture, Dr. Todor Chobanov opened the exhibition with the first restored element of an ancient chariot which belonged to an aristocrat 19 centuries ago.
Unknown Thracian Tomb Discovered near Karanovo
A build vaulted tomb of 3 by 4 meters’ size of a Thracian aristocrat from the last decades of the 1st Century and the first ones of the 2nd Century AD were discovered by the team of archeologist Vesselin Ignatov on the land of the village of Karanovo, Municipality of Nova Zagora.
The funeral was extremely rich if one can judge by the farewell presents found out when excavation activities started. Two silver cups with images of the god of love, Eros, and unique glass vessels are among the most valuable objects discovered so far. The funeral inventory discovered so far comprises of a bronze jug, a bowl with a handle, patera with a handle resembling a ram’s head, a chandelier (a big bronze candlestick), oynohoe (a bronze jug), clay balsams, a set of 5 strigils with a strigils-holder (a set of crescent-shaped bronze sharp blades for personal hygiene of athletes and warriors), etc.
The oldest funeral with a chariot in Bulgaria was found out in Karanovo
Following the discovery of the silver gilt cups by the archeologists of Vesselin Ignatov’s team, an unique glass rhyton with an unknown animal, a golden ring with a precious stone and coins which refer the possible date of the tomb to the first century AD, were brought to light.
