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Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak

c. 300 BCE · 4th century BCE · Also known as Kazanlak Tomb

The Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak is a beehive-shaped brick tomb near Kazanlak in central Bulgaria, discovered in 1944 and dated to around 300 BCE. Its corridor and burial chamber are decorated with well-preserved wall paintings of a funeral feast, a chariot race and Thracian warriors, among the finest surviving Hellenistic paintings. It was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 1979.

Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kazanlak-tomb
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