From Live Science:
Archaeologists have unearthed a dazzling gold wreath in a 2,100-year-old burial mound of a Thracian warrior and his horse. The unique headpiece is part of a set of gold jewelry excavated from the grave of the "Lord of Sakar," named after the mountain range in southeast Bulgaria where he was found.
"The golden treasures discovered in our lands testify to high craftsmanship, rich spiritual life and prosperous societies," Evelina Slavcheva, president of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, said in a statement.
The ancient burial mounds were discovered during digging related to the installation of a solar park in 2024. A team of archaeologists from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences excavated the burials and found that one contained the bones of a young woman and the other a middle-aged man. (Read more.)
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