Primus Pilus Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 A completely intact Thracian chariot was unearthed by the Bulgarian archaeologist Vesselin Ignatov on Friday, Darik News reported. The chariot was found near a burial barrow close to the central Bulgarian town of Nova Zagora. Ignatov and his team have already dated the finding to 2 century BC. The chariot has two wheels with its roof made of heavy bronze in the form of eagle heads and a folding iron chair, where the driver sat. The chariot was aimed to be pulled by three horses... Novinite.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantagathus Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 Glad they beat the looters to finding it... Wish they would have showed a picture of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 Too bad that there isn't a picture of it. Sounds like a ceremonial chariot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldrail Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 A roof? Then its not a war chariot. Ceremonial or burial perhaps? Given they dug it up I'd like to know if skeletal remains were close by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polecat Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 A completely intact Thracian chariot was unearthed by the Bulgarian archaeologist Vesselin Ignatov on Friday, Darik News reported. The chariot was found near a burial barrow close to the central Bulgarian town of Nova Zagora. Ignatov and his team have already dated the finding to 2 century BC. The chariot has two wheels with its roof made of heavy bronze in the form of eagle heads and a folding iron chair, where the driver sat. The chariot was aimed to be pulled by three horses... Novinite.com I quit paying attention to this forum for a few weeks and all the sudden you guys start talking about Bulgaria/Thrace! I'm leaving for a small city about 3 hours away from Nova Zagora on the 24th. Maybe I can see this thing up close! Meanwhile, here's a photo. http://bridlepath.wordpress.com/2007/04/26...nd-in-bulgaria/ And, for miscellaneous interest: http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/2006-in-r..._19684/catid_29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Augusta Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 (edited) A roof? Then its not a war chariot. Ceremonial or burial perhaps? Given they dug it up I'd like to know if skeletal remains were close by. In the link kindly provided by Polecat above, it says that skeletal remains of horses were found with the chariot, but it says nothing of any human remains so far. This is a fascinating find - I wonder what period we are looking at? (I'm sorry if this was given in the original article posted by Primus, but I can't get that link to work for me.) Edited May 13, 2007 by The Augusta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docoflove1974 Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 In the link kindly provided by Polecat above, it says that skeletal remains of horses were found with the chariot, but it says nothing of any human remains so far. This is a fascinating find - I wonder what period we are looking at? (I'm sorry if this was given in the original article posted by Primus, but I can't get that link to work for me.) If there were skeletal remains of horses...doesn't that suggest that the deceased is of high nobility, perhaps even of regal stature? I can't get the link to work for me, either...so I don't know much more about the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlapse Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 The initial article indicates the 2nd century BC, the blog post in polecat's reply indicates the 2nd millennium BC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmo Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 Thank you Polecat for the links. Damn, I was in Golden Sand a month after they struck real gold there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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