Thracian tomb Helvetia

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entrance of the tomb

The Thracian tomb "Helvetia" mound near Shipka, Bulgaria, was built in the middle of the 4th century BC.

Construction[]

The walls of the tomb's entrance corridor are made of stone. After this corridor an antechamber is followed by a rectangular chamber with a unique covered ceiling. The ceiling is bent by the walls of both rooms, crossed by a horizontal zone. This marks the transition from the double-pitched, to the semi-cylindrical, ceiling of chambers in Thracian architecture. The floor of the tomb is plastered, and the walls of the antechamber and the other rooms were covered with a coating. Through the horizontal and vertical grooves, they were covered by large marble blocks. The chamber had a stone door that locked from the inside. Opposite the entrance, a ritual stone bed was located in the room. The last funeral that occurred in the antechamber is believed to be that of a horse.

References[]

• Проблеми и изследвания на тра��ийската култура, том І - V

See also[]

• Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak
• Thracian tomb Shushmanets
• Thracian tomb Griffins
• Thracian tomb Golyama Arsenalka
• Tomb of Seuthes III
• Thracian tomb Ostrusha

Coordinates: 42°42′20.0154″N 25°20′47.184″E / 42.705559833°N 25.34644000°E / 42.705559833; 25.34644000