TREASURE HUNTERS DISCOVER ANCIENT BRONZE CAULDRON

[Badger Bart]

Ancient Ritual Cauldron Unearthed in Bulgaria


Lifestyle: 22 October 2005, Saturday.

Bulgarian treasure-hunters discovered an ancient bronze cauldron, used for ritual funerals more than thirty centuries ago, on Saturday.

The cauldron was found near the Utroba cave, close to Kurdzhali, Southern Bulgaria. It contained burned human bones and was placed in a stone shaft, covered with a slab.

Archeologists suppose that the treasure-hunters were digging for gold and found the relic by mistake. Upon seeing that it did not contain anything of value, they abandoned it, and it was found by some Kurdzhali citizens. German Angelov, an archeologist from the Perperikon expedition saw it and bought it from the finders.

Specialists date the cauldron between 11th and 8th century B.C. and think that it had been used as a funeral urn. An ancient village is believed to have been situated near the Utroba cave where this relic was found.

Last year ancient coins, bronze statuettes and ceramics with early scriptures were discovered in the same area.

Kurdzhali's Historical Museum received the cauldron on Saturday.

 

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[Kentucky Kache]

Now, that's old.

 

[IrishCharlieM]

What cracks me up are the fools who found it first and put it back.

Treasure comes in all forms. Imagine what a museum would pay for something such as that.

In 1992 a personal letter written from Washington to Cornwallis was discovered. And was auctioned off for over $300,000.00