Aleksandrovo tumulus

Local nameАлександровска гробница
LocationHaskovo, Bulgaria

The Aleksandrovo tomb is a Thracian burial mound and tomb excavated near Aleksandrovo, Haskovo Province, South-Eastern Bulgaria, dated to c. 4th century BCE.

On December 17, 2000 the tomb was accidentally uncovered by an earth-moving machine. Looters subsequently entered the tomb, damaging some of its frescoes. In 2001 Bulgarian archaeologist Georgi Kitov led a rescue excavation of the tomb, discovering a round chamber of about 3 meters in diameter, accessible through a small antechamber and a tunnel, approximately 6 meters long.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thracian_tomb_of_Aleksandrovo

Address (Unnamed Road), Bulgaria

Coordinates 41°58'46.738" N 25°44'18.532" E

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