The Mount Seen at Close Quarters
The elevation presented in the picture is an ancient Thracian mound situated near the village of Starosel, Plovdiv region. It was unearthed in 2000.
The Starosel tumulus is the largest known so far. Presumably, it dates from the 4-5 centuries B.C.
The Thracian mounds in Bulgaria (commonly of modest size) number some 60 000. Although not all of them have been studied, the archaeological finds provide ample evidence of Bulgaria's Thracian heritage.
Thracian tumuli are linked with Thracian state formations the origins of which dwindle away into the remotest millennia of prehistory.
2000
Today, year 2011, the excavations and the public access to the site have changed a lot.
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