![Bulgaria’s Largest Thracian Mound Proves to Be Tower Tomb Like in Petra, Palmyra, Likely of Roman Emperor Philip I the Arab](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Thracian-Tomb-Maltepe-Ziggurat-Roman-Emperor-Philip-I-Arab-Manole-Bulgaria-3.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
Bulgaria’s Largest Thracian Mound Proves to Be Tower Tomb Like in Petra, Palmyra, Likely of Roman Emperor Philip I the Arab
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…
![Archaeologists Discover ‘Monumental’ Roman Era Tomb of Thracian Aristocrat in Bulgaria’s Largest Burial Mound](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Roman-Era-Thracian-Tomb-Maltepe-Burial-Mound-Plovdiv-Bulgaria-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
Archaeologists Discover ‘Monumental’ Roman Era Tomb of Thracian Aristocrat in Bulgaria’s Largest Burial Mound
A “monumental” Roman Era tomb from the 3rd century AD which most probably belongs to an Ancient Thracian aristocrat has been discovered by archaeologists excavating the Maltepe Burial Mound near the town of Manole, outside of the city of Plovdiv,…
![Open-Air Museum of Bulgaria’s Largest Thracian Burial Mound Nearing Completion in Maritsa Municipality](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Maltepe-Project-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
Open-Air Museum of Bulgaria’s Largest Thracian Burial Mound Nearing Completion in Maritsa Municipality
The construction of an information center and an open-air museum the Maltepe Mound, Bulgaria’s largest Ancient Thracian burial mound, is making steady progress and approaching completion.
![Bulgaria’s Largest Ancient Thracian Burial Mound to Get Open-Air Museum with Norway, EEA Funding](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Manole-3.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
Bulgaria’s Largest Ancient Thracian Burial Mound to Get Open-Air Museum with Norway, EEA Funding
What is believed to be the largest Ancient Thracian burial mound in Bulgaria, the so called Maltepe Mound, an unexcavated one at that, is going to be turned into an open-air museum with government funding from Norway and European Economic…