Golden mask
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In the beginning of the new century, in 19th August 2004, the famous Bulgarian archeologist Georgi Kitov discovered a 673g golden mask of a Thracian king in the burial mound "Svetitsata" near Shipka, Central Bulgaria. It is a very fine piece of workmanship made out of massive 23ะบ gold, unlike other masks discovered in the Balkans (3 in Macedonia, now kept in the National Archaeological Museum in Sofia and two in Greece). It is supposed to be the mask of the Thracian king Teres.
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