Intact Thracian Temple Found in Bulgaria

PLOVDIV, BULGARIA—According to a report in The Sofia Globe, an intact Thracian temple dated to the third century B.C. has been discovered in a mound in south-central Bulgaria, on the outskirts of the city of Plovdiv. The structure was built with stones and a mortar made of clay and sand when the city was known as Philippopolis, said Kostadin Kisyov of Plovdiv’s Regional Archaeological Museum. Pottery and the bones of seven types of domestic animals thought to have been used in rituals were found inside the structure. A later Thracian Christian building and a medieval church dated to the twelfth and thirteenth centuries were also found in the mound, on top of the Thracian temple. To read about Alexander's childhood before his conquest of Thrace, go to "Alexander the Great's Untold Story."