Bulgaria Finds Thracian Temple, Observatory

Society | August 5, 2006, Saturday // 00:00

Bulgarian archaeoastronomers are studying a unique Thracian observatory in the central region of the country, the bTV channel said Saturday.

The unusual site near Buzovgrad combined a religious temple with facilities for observing the solar movements, according to the experts there.

The place is 3,600 years old, the team have said.

At the foot of Stara Planina mountain, Thracians were using specially-shaped rocks to calibrate their calendar by measuring the sunlight.

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