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Extract from the Sveshtari Travel Guides:
The village of
SVESHTARI
is home to what is arguably the finest
Thracian tomb
yet discovered in Bulgaria. Found in 1982 in a mound of earth known locally as
Ginina Mogila
, it is the largest of a group of 26
mogili
(tumuli) lying about 2km beyond the western fringes of the village. The "Royal tomb", as it's known, dates from the third century BC, and is composed of an antechamber and two mortuary chambers, intended for a local chieftain and his wife, while the decoration indicates a melding of Thracian and Hellenistic religious elements. Above the doorway is a wonderful f...
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