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MARBLE SARCOPHAGUS WAS DISCOVERED ON 30.07.2014 BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM - PLOVDIV

MARBLE SARCOPHAGUS WAS DISCOVERED ON 30.07.2014 BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM - PLOVDIV

7/31/2014 2:38:20 PM
А SCARE STORY!


Near to Novo selo, in a mound it was discovered a sarcophagus covered with marble slab. When archaeologists opened the sarcophagus, they saw the burned bones of an aristocrat of tribe Bessie lay in it.

According to Ass. Prof. Kostadin Kisyov, PhD, this type of thracian burial is discovered for the first time.
The Director of the Museum expects to find the grave goods soon



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