Ćiro Truhelka

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Ćiro Truhelka (born February 2, 1865 in Osijek - died September 18, 1942 in Zagreb) was a Croatian archaeologist.

Truhelka finished grade school and gymnasium in Osijek and went to university in Zagreb. He was the first custodian of the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He coined the name bosančica for Bosnian Cyrillic.[1]

Truhelka made many important findings about pre-Ottoman Bosnia and Herzegovina. In Prozor-Rama he verified the legend of Grabovac's Virgin (Diva Grabovčeva) when he recovered the remains of a young woman from the 16th or 17th century.[2] In 1888, Truhelka excavated the alleged remains of king Stjepan Tomašević, which are now housed in the Franciscan monastery in Jajce.[3]

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  1. ^ Croatian Cyrillic Script
  2. ^ Diva Grabovčeva
  3. ^ Parish news