Bulgaria's Gold Rush Going Strong with New Thracian King Mask

Society | July 14, 2007, Saturday // 00:00
Bulgaria: Bulgaria's Gold Rush Going Strong with New Thracian King Mask A gold mask dating back to 4000 B.C was unearthed near the village of Topolchene, the municipality of Sliven. It is believed to have belonged to a rich Thracian king, about whose name no speculations are being made yet. Photo by BGNES

A village in South-Eastern Bulgaria turned out to be harbouring a trove of buried gold treasure dating back to 4000 B.C.

Archaeologist Georgi Kitov, widely known as Bulgaria's Indiana Jones, announced his team have discovered a gold mask and a silver rhyton during excavations at a Thracian mound near the village of Topolchene, the municipality of Sliven.

The tomb and the mask is believed to have belonged to a rich Thracian king, about whose name no speculations are being made yet.

The silver rhyton is thirty-centimetre-long and depicts the head of an animal, most probably a hind.

Three years ago Kitov caused a furore after discovering one of the most sensational finds for Bulgaria's archaeologists ever - a 2,500-year-old unique gold mask, believed to depict the face of ancient Thracian king.

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