A unique ancient workshop for bone articles which had no parallel in antique Thrace was unearthed in the vicinity of village Sveshtari in northeast Bulgaria which is famous for the royal tomb discovered there a few years ago.

The team of archaeologist Dr. Totko Stoyanov from the Sofia University came across exceptional finds which date back to the fourth and the beginning of the third century B.C. In the unique workshop, the expedition unearthed elements used to make weapons and decorations together with amphorae with preserved stamps from the Greek islands of Rhodes, Thasos and Sinope.

The workshop is situated outside the fortified walls of a Thracian city. According to Dr. Stoyanov, these remains make explorers believe that the nearby ancient settlement spreading over 110 decares is the capital of the tribe of the Getae called Hellis. Historians think this was the city of Thracian king Dromihedus who is said to have overwhelmed and captured the general of Alexander The Great, Lysimachus.

Explorers insist this ancient city had water conduit of its own.

The end of the thriving economic and political hub came around the 34th century B.C. when a powerful earthquake razed it to the ground.

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