Publicado a 23/12/2015
An Ancient Thracian rock step pyramid with a rock sun
temple dating back to 2500 BC has been identified in the Eastern Rhodope
Mountains in Southern Bulgaria by an expedition of historians and
thracologists.
Source: http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2015...
Source: http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2015...
THRACOLOGISTS DISCOVER ANCIENT
THRACIAN ROCK STEP PYRAMID IN EASTERN RHODOPE MOUNTAINS IN SOUTHERN BULGARIA
The newly found Thracian rock step
pyramid was hacked into a rocky plateau – here viewed from a distance. Photo:
TV grab from BNT 2
An Ancient Thracian rock step pyramid with a rock sun temple
dating back to 2500 BC has been identified in theEastern Rhodope Mountains in Southern Bulgaria by an expedition of historians and thracologists.
The Thracian pyramid in question was shaped out of the natural rocks in the mountain near the town of Kovil, Krumovgrad Municipality, Kardzhali
District.
It is about 15 meters tall, and
consists of five stepped terraces,
with the sun temple hacked into the rocks inside it, according to Prof. Vasil Markov, a historian specializing in the civilization of Ancient Thrace.
Markov is the head of the University Research Center for Ancient
European and Eastern Mediterranean Cultures at
the Southwest University “Neofit
Rilski” based in Bulgaria’s
Blagoevgrad.