Thracian Tomb Shushmanets
The Thracian tomb at Shushmanets is a mound located in the Valley of the Thracian Rulers. It was built as a temple in the 4th century BC and later used as a tomb. Architecture The temple has a long and wide entry corridor and an antechamber, a semi-cylindrical room supported by an elegant column. The top of this column has the form of a knucklebone. Four horses and two dogs were sacrificed in the antechamber. The central room is circular in shape, supported by a beautiful polished Doric column ending with a large disc symbolizing the sun. The tomb's columns represent Thracian beliefs about the universe and the creation myth. Archaeologist Georgi Kitov discovered the tomb in 1996. See also *Thracian tomb of Aleksandrovo * Thracian tomb of Cotys I *Thracian tomb Golyama Arsenalka *Thracian tomb Griffins *Thracian tomb Helvetia *Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak *Thracian tomb Ostrusha * Thracian tomb of Seuthes III * Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari *Valley of the Thracian Rulers *Roman Tomb ...
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