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"Phenomenal" Archeological Discovery In Bulgaria SOFIA, (AFP) - Archeologists in Bulgaria have discovered the largest Thracian sanctuary ever, dating from the 5th century B.C., Georgy Kitov, director of Thracian archeology at the Bulgarian Academy of Science, told the BTA news agency. Digging near Starossel, a village in southern Bulgaria, archeologists unearthed an elaborate temple including a round structure six meters (yards) in diameter and a rectangular room 3.75 meters wide, encircled by a wall 90 meters in diameter and 20 meters high. A stone staircase followed by a 15-meter hall led to the facade, decorated with sculptures. It is "a phenomenal archeological discovery," which could also contain the remains of a Thracian king, Kitov said. Alexander the Great conquered Thrace in the 4th century B.C. It became a Roman province in 40 B.C. Thrace currently includes parts of northwestern Greece, northeastern Turkey and southern Bulgaria
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