Ancient Thracian monument of architecture

Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak Thracian tomb in the Bulgarian town of Kazanlak - this is one of the oldest and most interesting tombs found in Bulgaria. This part of the country called the Valley of the Kings. Tomb itself is a stone vaulted tomb, which is part of a large cemetery, located near the ancient Thracian city Sevtopol. The entrance to the tomb of Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak is one of 100 national tourist sites, and in 1979 was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The tomb was built for Roygosa, one of the Thracian Kings. She was discovered by accident, 19 April 1944, soldiers who were building trenches in the north-east of Kazanlak. Ancient frescoes Barrow did not look as if it is hidden under one of the significant archaeological treasures, and had the natural contours normal hill. The height of the mound over the tomb of 7 meters, base diameter of 40 meters. The soldiers stumbled upon the stonework, constructing trenches. The tomb consists of a burial chamber with a bell-shaped dome and the corridor leading to it. All decorations tomb necropolis consists of stone arches, from him dromos (pass), bounded by two stone walls, leading to the burial chamber. The walls form a rectangular corridor length of 2,6 meters and a width of 1.84 meters. The tomb was constructed of slabs of two types - in dromos they are rectangular, in a tomb - a trapezoidal shape. Last used in the construction of buildings with a circular plan. During the archaeological excavations found a relatively small set of items, jewelry and skeletons belonging to men and animals. In the burial chamber were found the remains belong to men and women. In anticipation of the camera and in front of the horse's bones were found. In the tomb were found pottery and ritual vessels, among them pottery, decorated with gold ornaments. It is assumed that the Kazanlak tomb was plundered in antiquity. It was also found traces of an altar, which served to carry out sacrifices. Fragment of wall drawing Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak Thracian considered a masterpiece of architecture. Its importance is enormous because it is the only entirely preserved monument in the territory of modern Bulgaria, referring to the period of III-IV centuries. Unique as are the murals of the tomb. They occupy an area of ??about 40 square meters. meters and adorn the walls of the burial chamber and dromos. Artists who worked on the frescoes, used four basic colors: black, red, yellow and white. They used several techniques: painting on wet plaster, decorative painting and curly distemper. Decorating technique was used encaustic painting, and plastering acquired substantially mirror shimmer. Most of the paintings depict military life, the moments of everyday life and the moments and scenes relating to the Nether world.