Alexandrovo tomb

Alexandrovo tomb is one of the most recently found Thracian monuments of major significance. It was discovered by accident at the bottom of a 4 - meter deep ditch dug by an earth-moving machine The main object here are the mounds near the Haskovo- region village of Alexandrovo, which gave the name of the tomb. The tomb in the main mound, which was researched by Ass.Prof. Georgi Kitov in 2000, had been built from well –processed stone elements and is well preserved. Wall paintings of the tomb have not parallels to such monuments on the Balkan Peninsula. Some kind of similarity the specialists discovered in the Thracian tombs of Sveshtari (Nord-Eastern Bulgaria) and Kazanlak (South Bulgaria) – all from IV c. BC. Frescoes, dated 2500 years ago, were found in all three parts of the tomb. However, they are little bit more primitive, which indicates that this tomb is older. Greek art usually shows mythological themes, but these are entirely absent here. The images have little in common with the Greek art of painting, which means that they were the work of local Thracian masters. The men wear light yellow -brown tunics with one white stripe down each side. Modern graffiti were found inside the monument, which proves local people’s belief, that some 40 years ago it had been plundered by treasure hunters.

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