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The Aleksandrovo tomb is a Thracian burial mound and tomb excavated near Aleksandrovo, Haskovo Province, South-Eastern Bulgaria, dated to c. 4th century BCE. On December 17, 2000 the tomb was accidentally uncovered by an earth-moving machine.〔Webber, Christopher. ("The Alexandrovo Tomb and other Recent Discoveries" ), Slingshot 216, July 2001, pp 47-50〕 Looters subsequently entered the tomb, damaging some of its frescoes. In 2001 Bulgarian archaeologist Georgi Kitov led a rescue excavation of the tomb, discovering a round chamber of about in diameter, accessible through a small antechamber and a tunnel, approximately long. Both the antechamber and main chamber are decorated with well-preserved frescoes that reflect the artist's knowledge of Late Classical and Early Hellenistic art.〔Theodossiev, Nikola, ("The tholos tomb at Alexandrovo: Thracian funerary paintings in a broader context" ), 2005〕 The fresco in the main chamber depicts a hunting scene where a boar is attacked by a mounted hunter and a naked man wielding a double-axe. The double-axe is interpreted as representing royal power,〔 the naked man as representing Zalmoxis,〔Hans Wagner (Die Thraker ) Eurasisches Magazin, 30 August 2004〕〔Kalin Dimitrov (Thracian tomb of Aleksandrovo ), Cultural Heritage Activities and Institutes Network, 12 September 2008〕 the Thracian solar god corresponding to Zeus.〔〔 A graffito in the chamber inscribed with the Thracian name ''Kozemases'' indicates either the tomb's noble patron〔 or its artist.〔Petrov, Irko. ("The Thracian Tomb in Aleksandrovo" ), Haskovo, 2007〕 The Thracian tomb of Alexandrovo is dated at early 4th century BC.〔The Thracians 700 BC-AD 46 (Men-at-Arms) by Christopher Webber and Angus McBride, 2001, ISBN 1-84176-329-2, page 19〕 Wall paintings exhibit the change in appearance due to Greek influence.〔 In the wall-paintings beards, tattoos, cloaks, boots, hats, top-knots have disappeared.〔 Greek footwear replaces their boots.〔 The tomb may be that of Triballi.〔The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 6: The Fourth Century BC (Hardcover) by D. M. Lewis, ISBN 0-521-23348-8, 1994, page 463〕 Also other changes are seen such as Thracians wearing gold or bronze torcs around their necks (usually three).〔 ==Gallery== File:Alexandrovo Burial mound.JPG|Alexandrovo Burial mound File:Museum Center Thracian Art in the Eastern Rhodopes 2011 PD 07.JPG File:Museum Center Thracian Art in the Eastern Rhodopes 2011 PD 12.JPG Image:Aleksandrovo grobniza.jpg Image:Aleksandrovska grobniza.JPG File:Zalmoxis Aleksandrovo.jpg 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thracian tomb of Aleksandrovo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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