Posted on 01/22/2019 12:42:07 AM PST by SunkenCiv
The massive 3rd century AD Antiquity building exposed in July 2018 underneath the Maltepe Mound, Bulgaria's largest Ancient Thracian burial mound ever, has turned out to be a tower tomb like the ones in ancient Middle East cities such as Petra and Palmyra, and could contain the remains of Roman Emperor Philip I the Arab (r. 244 - 249 AD)...
In 2018, archaeologists began excavating the huge Ancient Thracian burial mound from the top down, and at first exposed only the roof of the building found underneath, which they said was of a square building, nearly 7 meters wide and nearly 7 meters long, and about 7-8 meters in height.
That is why, at first the archaeologists said the tomb probably belonged to some prominent Ancient Thracian aristocrat from the Roman period, i.e. after Ancient Thrace was conquered by the Roman Empire in the 1st century AD.
Now that the excavations have progressed substantially, however, Kisyov has revealed that the building underneath the Maltepe Burial Mound near the town of Manole, Plovdiv District, is about 20 meters wide.
The supposed tomb of Roman Emperor Philip I the Arab resembles a tower tomb from Petra, Jordan, or Palmyra, Syria, where, unfortunately, dozens of such ancient tower tombs were blown up by the Islamic State (ISIS).
(Excerpt) Read more at archaeologyinbulgaria.com ...
full title: "Bulgaria's Largest Thracian Mound Proves to Be Tower Tomb Like in Petra, Palmyra, Likely of Roman Emperor Philip I the Arab".
Hidden underneath what was supposedly the largest Ancient Thracian burial mound in Bulgaria has turned out to be a pyramid-shaped Roman Era Middle Eastern tower tombs like the ones in Petra and Palmyra. The photo shows only the top of the 3rd century AD b
Building in photo doesn’t look like a pyramid to me.
Very impressive! I’ll study it more later.
Excavating from the bottom up wasn’t an option?
Watch out for the barrow weights(sp?)
Always amazed people feel compelled to dig up burial grounds.
But was it built by aliens? That's the real test.
"Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past." .........George Orwell, 1984.................
Illegal Aliens or Undocumented Aliens?...................
Interesting!
I'm always amazed anyone thinks that's a problem for the deceased.
It'll be particularly interesting if the Emperor's remains are still in there.
“I’m always amazed anyone thinks that’s a problem for the deceased.”
Of course you didn’t ask them, did you?
It is rather a respect for the dead *and* the living.
I’d prefer no one dig up my parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles... or me...
... steal their bones to put on display, along with any service flags, personal items, etc., for others to gawk at, measure, build careers on, take pictures of, or otherwise satisfy their own prurient interests.
One of the primitive beliefs lost after the ancient Egyptian rites died out is that the dead are in their graves.
It's a tower tomb, resemblance to a pyramid is limited to the base being a bit larger than the top. About the closest thing to this look in Egypt is at Meidum, but the author appears to equate Mesopotamian ziggurats with Egyptian pyramids.
“is that the dead are in their graves.”
Souls gone. Physical bones, etc. almost always there.
Exactly -- they aren't "the dead", they are remains.
A fine line between archaeology and grave robbing.
“A fine line between archaeology and grave robbing.”
One has a PhD and student loans.
The other is an entrepreneur - moving assets to a higher and better use.
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