Helvetia Tomb, Shipka
Thracian temple - dromos and facade
Satyr on a bronze situla 4th century BC.
Small Shipka tomb, Kazanlak region. Museum of History, Kazanlak.
On July 29, 1996 a Thracian tomb of the 4th century BC was uncovered near the town of Shipka, in the south foothills of the Balkan Range. Large regular stones were used to build the tomb, situated five meters underground. The metal part of a Roman soldier's shoe found at the site indicates that the tomb may have been plundered as early as in Roman times. The Shipka Tombs are seven in total on an area of Central Bulgaria considered to have been the Valley of the Thracian Kings.
