Ancient Treasures, Ancient Thracians » thracian culture http://ancient-treasure.info Ancient Treasures and History. Thracians and the ancient civilizations from 3th and 5th millennium BC. Sat, 24 Jul 2010 05:21:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Thracian language http://ancient-treasure.info/ancient-history-references/thracian-language.html http://ancient-treasure.info/ancient-history-references/thracian-language.html#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:05:45 +0000 http://ancient-treasure.info/?p=37 The Ring from EzerovoThe language of the Thracian tribes on the Balkan peninsula spoken to the 4th century AD. The Thracian language is an Indo-European one, related to the language of the pre-Greek population in Thrace. Many personal and geographic names are known, as well as several short inscriptions, most famous of which is the inscription on the golden ring of the village of Ezerovo, Plovdiv Region, Bulgaria.

The ring was found near the village of Ezerovo

-it has an inscription in Thracian language with Greek letters.

]]> http://ancient-treasure.info/ancient-history-references/thracian-language.html/feed 1 Thracian culture http://ancient-treasure.info/ancient-history-references/thracian-culture.html http://ancient-treasure.info/ancient-history-references/thracian-culture.html#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:05:12 +0000 http://ancient-treasure.info/?p=35 The culture of the Thracians. The iron was introduced and this was the starting point for the Thracian culture. At the end of the 12th century and beginning of the 11th century BC the usage of iron led to increased production opportunities for the Thracian community and to class differences. The potter’s wheel appeared and incited the development of the Thracian pottery which was used mainly for the everyday necessities and was flat and in different shapes to the 1st century BC. The metal mining, metal working, weaving, goldsmithing, and others grew fast. Records of the Thracian burial traditions are found in the discovered Early Thracian necropoles, tumuli and beehive tombs. The richness of the buried objects is especially meaningful and throws light on the history of the Thracian culture. Some of the beehive tombs are decorated with paintings. Bright, extremely precious examples of the Thracian culture are the treasures whose original workmanship is closely related to the Thracian life and spirit. Many votive tablets and engravings with the figure of the Thracian Horseman , connected with the Thracian religion and believes, were found in the Bulgarian lands. The Thracians were also famous for their singers and musicians. Orpheus is Thracian. The Thracian culture also enriched by the lively cultural exchange with the neighbouring peoples.

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