Brief item from Focus-Fen:
A unique Thracian tomb has been unearthed close to the northeastern village of Gagovo, in the municipality of Popovo, Plamen Sabev, director of the history museum in the town of Popovo, told Focus – Shumen Radio.
The tomb dates back to the 4th century BC and is older than the one close to another northeastern village – Sveshtari. It consists of two round chambers with a dome and was built of big square stones. The newly excavated tomb is the biggest one found so far in Northern Bulgaria, he added.
Archeologists and thracologists have shown interest in the finding. The excavations works have been under way for a month. Before that the tomb was plundered and destroyed by treasure hunters six times, Sabev said.
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