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The masterpieces on display have provided clues to ritual and royal life of Ancient Thrace.
Thracian kings were also supreme priests of their tribes, and the gold and silver vessels they used during meals were not only considered symbols of power but also objects used in religious rituals.
The largest Thracian find, that of Rogozen, comprises 165 silver vases and cups which were most probably held for two centuries by a royal dynasty in what is now part of northeastern Bulgaria.
[attachment 28087 Rogozen.jpg]
...to be continued
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The masterpieces on display have provided clues to ritual and royal life of Ancient Thrace.
Thracian kings were also supreme priests of their tribes, and the gold and silver vessels they used during meals were not only considered symbols of power but also objects used in religious rituals.
The largest Thracian find, that of Rogozen, comprises 165 silver vases and cups which were most probably held for two centuries by a royal dynasty in what is now part of northeastern Bulgaria.
[attachment 28087 Rogozen.jpg]
...to be continued