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The Valchitrun’s treasure

The Valchitrun’s treasure
The Valchitrun's treasure, Pleven District was discovered in 1924 during agricultural activities. Part of the discovered objects were cut so they could be shared among the people who found them, another part of them disappeared. In the history museum in Sofia now can be seen only 13 vessels with a common weight of 12 425…
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The treasure of the Mogilanovo

The treasure of the Mogilanovo
The treasure of the Mogilanovo's mound, Vratza District was discovered in 1965 at the centre of the town of Vratza. Here was discovered one of the two Thracian burial chariots from pre-Roman time. Most interesting are the findings of tomb № 2 where the horse and the chariot are together with the skeleton of another…
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The treasure of Bukyovtzi

The treasure of Bukyovtzi
The treasure of Bukyovtzi, Oryahovo Municipality is kept at the National Archaeology Museum. The treasure consists of two silver phials, a silver jug, a silver jewel, a forehead jewel in the shape of a falcon, a silver gobele/ a kind of a cup/ with gold coating, applications of two intertwined lotus flowers. It dates back…
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The treasure of Borovo

The treasure of Borovo
The treasure of Borovo, Rousse District, is an accidental finding from the 1974. The treasure consists of 5 silver vessels: a bowl, a rhytonized jug, three rhytons with protomes of a horse, a bull and a winged sphinx. The vessels are part of the plundered by Philip II -The Macedonian Odrysian treasury, which later on…
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