Thracian Antiquities

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Thracian Antiquities

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From Antonio Corso’s facebook, archaeologist and researcher of the sculptures of the Amphipolis tomb, two links with displays from the Sofia archaeological museum. I don’t know about the second album’s location but it bears similar artifacts. The links are not his own but one of his friends.

I thought it would be useful to tranfer here Dr. Sideris' thesis. As he mentions about Bulgaria being part of ancient Thrace, most of the artifacts are ancient greek (mostly Hellenistic era). Some of the helmets are quite interesting

https://www.facebook.com/kisbali.tamas/ ... nref=story

https://www.facebook.com/kisbali.tamas/ ... 473&type=3

From archaeologist Dr. Sideri’s interview who is digging in Bulgaria since 2009.

“Today’s Bulgaria is almost in its entirety part of ancient Thrace. The main ancient tribes inhabiting it were: Odrissians and Triballians. The Odrissians were in direct communication with the Greeks of the Aegean, Propontis and Black Sea. Their relations were not only commercial neither are confined in the very important greek in origin/ influence artifacts that are being unearthed right now. They were deeply cultural that range from the use of the greek alphabet and the greek language after a short while, the implementation of greek social and cultural patterns as well as the cultivation of political ties. There were bidirectional because Thracian elements have already been located and studied in different aspects of the greek civilization. Let’s not forget that important ancient greek legends about Dionysus, Orpheus, Diomedes, Tireas and Kabirians ar all connected to Thrace. From the classical era and forth after all, Thucydides and Xenophon describe the Athenians’ interest on the Thracian mainland. Later on we get historical evidence of Macedonia’s influence on Thrace as it clearly shows on the foundation of Philipoupolis by Philip II, today known as Plodvif. “


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