Thracian treasure

The Thracians (Bulgarian: Траки, Ancient Greek: Θρᾷκες, Latin: Thraci) were a group of Indo-European tribes inhabiting a large area in Central and Southeastern Europe, centred in modern Bulgaria.^[2] They were bordered by the Scythians to the north, the Celts and the Illyrians to the west, the Greeks to the south, and the Black Sea to the east.

The Thracians were skillful craftsmen. They made beautifully ornate golden and silver objects such as various kinds of vessels, rhytons, facial masks, pectorals, jewelry, weapons, etc. These show strong, and increasing, influence from the neighbouring cultures, especially the Greeks. They used to bury rich hoards of precious objects both to hide them in times of enemy invasions and unrest as well as for ritual purposes. To date, more than 80 Thracian treasures have been excavated in Bulgaria, the cradle of the Thracian civilization. Refer to the map which explicitly shows the territory of present-day Bulgaria.

• Borovo Treasure
• Lukovit Treasure
• Panagyurishte Treasure
• Rogozen Treasure
• Valchitran Treasure

• Dacian art
• Gold wreaths from Thrace
• Scythian art
• Thraco-Cimmerian
• Treasure of Nagyszentmiklós
• Zoomorphic style

• The Yurta-Stroyno Archaeological Project. Studies on the Roman Rural Settlement in Thrace. P. Tušlová – B. Weissová – S. Bakardzhiev (eds.). Prague: Charles University, Faculty of Arts, 2022. ISBN 978-80-7671-068-9 (print), ISBN 978-80-7671-069-6 (online: pdf)
• Bunker, Emma C. (2002). Nomadic art of the eastern Eurasian steppes: the Eugene V. Thaw and other New York collections. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 978-0-300-09688-0.

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• Panagyurishte Treasure
• The Treasures of the Ancient Thracians
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• http://www.archaeology.org/0503/abstracts/kitov.html
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3999145.stm
• http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=53342
• Golden Thracian Mask, 5th century B.C.