Treasure Hunting

Adam and I have been blogging here for over a year now and in all the stories we’ve stumbled across and articles we’ve literally had to “dig” up, we haven’t heard of any buried treasure from Bulgaria.

But if you ask me, Bulgaria looks like the new Egypt. And the Gold Rush article featured on TravelGuide.com gives more details than I can possibly recite in this blog. Let’s just say that they’re finding some really amazing stuff there.

There are royal tombs of Thracians hidden in Bulgaria, built between the fifth and third centuries B.C and hidden in great, overgrown beehive mounds that rise several stories high along roads and tilled fields. There are thousands of these mounds scattered throughout the country. And right now, all of them are subject to illegal and immoral “black looting.”

Metal detectors obviously play a very large part of this illegal treasure hunting. But they’re also key in legitimate excavations that have revealed some truly amazing artifacts.

Now I know what you may be thinking: “Archaeologists are the enemy! They hate metal detectorists!” But in this case they are in the right. These beautiful treasures MUST be excavated to salvage them from falling into the wrong hands, being sold on black markets, and being hidden from the rest of the world who NEEDS to learn about this ancient and artistic culture.

Visit the webpage to view all the amazing picture of the inside of such a tomb, pure gold pitchers, metal detectorists excavating the site, and so many more. Photographed by Kenneth Garrett; you’ll need to visit the article on Travel Guide.com to see them. Each one is amazing and the gold mask… just… wow!

Let us know what you think and if you have found any articles about Bulgarian tombs. We’re intrigued and plan on looking for more information as soon as possible.

- Shaun

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