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Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak

Thracian · Bulgaria

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civilizations: Thracian
types: Mausoleum
occupied: 400 BCE — 300 BCE
country: Bulgaria

The site

The Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak is a vaulted brickwork 'beehive' tomb from the fourth century BCE, set near Kazanlak in central Bulgaria. It belongs to a vast royal Thracian necropolis in the Valley of the Thracian Rulers, near the ancient capital of Seuthopolis, where more than a thousand tombs are known. The small chamber's Hellenistic wall paintings survive as Bulgaria's finest, and the site has been UNESCO-listed since 1979.

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