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The Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak ( bg, Казанлъшка гробница, ''Kazanlǎška grobnica'') is a vaulted-brickwork "beehive" ( tholos) tomb near the town of
Kazanlak Kazanlak ( bg, Казанлък , Thracian and Greek Σευθόπολις (''Seuthopolis''), tr, Kazanlık) is a Bulgarian town in Stara Zagora Province, located in the middle of the plain of the same name, at the foot of the Balkan mountain ...
in central
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. The tomb is part of a large royal
Thracian The Thracians (; grc, Θρᾷκες ''Thrāikes''; la, Thraci) were an Indo-European speaking people who inhabited large parts of Eastern and Southeastern Europe in ancient history.. "The Thracians were an Indo-European people who occupied t ...
necropolis A necropolis (plural necropolises, necropoles, necropoleis, necropoli) is a large, designed cemetery with elaborate tomb monuments. The name stems from the Ancient Greek ''nekropolis'', literally meaning "city of the dead". The term usually im ...
in the
Valley of the Thracian Rulers 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. It is believed that there ...
near their ancient capital of
Seuthopolis Seuthopolis (Ancient Greek: Σευθόπολις) was an ancient hellenistic-type city founded by the Thracian king Seuthes III between 325–315 BC and the capital of the Odrysian kingdom. Its ruins are now located at the bottom of the Koprinka ...
in a region where more than a thousand tombs of kings and members of the Thracian aristocracy can be found. It comprises a narrow corridor and a round burial chamber, both decorated with murals representing a Thracian couple at a ritual funeral feast. The monument dates back to the 4th century BCE and has been on the
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list since 1979. The murals show horses and a gesture of farewell, in which the seated couple grasp each other's wrists in a moment of tenderness and equality (according to
Lyudmila Zhivkova Lyudmila Todorova Zhivkova ( bg, Людмила Тодорова Живкова; 26 July 1942 – 21 July 1981) was a senior Bulgarian Communist Party functionary and Politburo member. She was the daughter of Bulgarian Communist leader Todor Zh ...
—a view that is not shared by all specialists). The paintings are Bulgaria's best-preserved artistic masterpieces from the
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. To preserve the sensitive paintings, the tomb is not open to the public; a full-size replica was built nearby. The seated woman of the murals is depicted on the
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of the Bulgarian 50
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coin issued in 2005.Bulgarian National Bank
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50 stotinkas
– Retrieved on 26 March 2009.


Gallery

Image:Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak.jpg, A scene depicting the farewell of the groom and bride. Image:Reproduction of Thracian tomb 1.jpg, Thracian king and queen — reproduction of tomb. Image:Reproduction of Thracian tomb 2.jpg, Chariot race — reproduction of tomb. Image:Kazanlak-tomb 2.jpg Image:Kazanlak-tomb-fresco-1.jpg Image:Kazanlak-tomb-fresco-2.jpg Image:Kazanlak-tomb-fresco-3.jpg Image:Kazanlak-tomb 1.jpg Image:Kazanlak-tomb 4.jpg Image:Kazanlak-tomb 6.jpg Image:Kazanlak-tomb 8.jpg Image:Kazanlak-tomb 9.jpg


See also

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Thracian tomb of Aleksandrovo The Aleksandrovo tomb is a Thracian burial mound and tomb excavated near Aleksandrovo, Haskovo Province, South-Eastern Bulgaria, dated to c. 4th century BCE. On December 17, 2000 the tomb was accidentally uncovered by an earth-moving machine.W ...
* Thracian tomb of Cotys I *
Thracian tomb Golyama Arsenalka Golyama Arsenalka mound is a Thracian burial tumulus with a subterranean stone building near the Bulgarian town of Shipka. It dates from the end of 5th century BCE. It is composed of a representative façade, a small antechamber and a domed ...
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Thracian tomb Griffins The Thracian tomb Griffins, found in Bulgaria, has a façade decorated with plastic columns and with a pediment above them. The pediment`s ends are semi-palmettes, the lower leaves of which are elongated and look like heads of griffins. The temple ...
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Thracian tomb Helvetia The Thracian tomb "Helvetia" mound near Shipka, Bulgaria, was built in the middle of the 4th century BC. Construction The walls of the tomb's entrance corridor are made of stone. After this corridor an antechamber is followed by a rectangul ...
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Thracian tomb Ostrusha 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 to ...
* Thracian tomb of Seuthes III *
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, ...
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Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari The Thracian Tomb of Svestari (Свещарска гробница, ''Sveshtarska grobnitsa'') is 2.5 km southwest of the village of Sveshtari, Razgrad Province, which is 42 km northeast of Razgrad, in northeast Bulgaria. The tomb is pr ...
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Valley of the Thracian Rulers 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. It is believed that there ...
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Roman Tomb (Silistra) The Roman Tomb of Silistra ( bg, Римска гробница в Силистра, ''Rimska grobnitsa v Silistra'') is an Ancient Roman burial tomb in the town of Silistra in northeastern Bulgaria. Dating to the mid-4th century AD, the Roman T ...
Tombs in Bulgaria Thracian sites


References


External links


''„The Thracian Tomb in Kazanluk“''
book by Dafina Vasileva.
'' Images of the Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak''
{{Unesco-bg Buildings and structures completed in the 4th century BC Thracian sites World Heritage Sites in Bulgaria Archaeological sites in Bulgaria Buildings and structures in Stara Zagora Province Kazanlak Tourist attractions in Stara Zagora Province Tombs in Bulgaria History of Stara Zagora Province