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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...

 

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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

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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.)

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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.

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