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Archaeologists unearth 1,900-year-old chariot
by danesller0127 | August 7, 2008 at 08:37 am | 158 views | 1 comment | 0 recommendations
Archaeologist works around a 1,900-year-old well-preserved chariot at an ancient Thracian tomb near the village of Borisovo, some 290 kilometers (180 miles) east of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008. The archaeologist Daniela Agre said her team found the four-wheel chariot during excavations near the village of Borisovo.
(AP Photo/Petar Petrov)
August 7, 2008 at 08:37 am by danesller0127, 158 views, 1 comment
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at 09:10 on August 7th, 2008
"This is the first time that we found a completely preserved chariot in Bulgaria," said Agre, a senior archaeologist at the Bulgarian Academy of Science.She said previous excavations had only unearthed single parts of chariots--often because ancient sites had been looted?...
At the funerary mound, the team also discovered table pottery, glass vessels and other gifts for the funeral of a wealthy Thracian aristocrat.
The Thracians were ancient people that inhabited the lands of present day Bulgaria and parts of modern Greece, Turkey, Macedonia and Romania between 4,000 B.C. and the 16th century, when they were assimilated by the invading slavs. Wow!!! It's very interesting... hope the found more in the future...
danesller