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Thracian tomb Mezek

Thracian tomb Mezek

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The Thracian domed tomb in the village of Mezek (IV-III century BC) is located on the outskirts of the eponymous in the municipality of Svilengrad, in the mound Meltepe. The village of Mezek is located about 13 km southwest of Svilengrad.In the embankment of the mound in 1908 a peasant found a bronze sculpture of a wild boar in life size weighing 177 kg. The find is now in the Archaeological Museum in Istanbul, Turkey, as in 1908 the area was still within Turkey's borders. In the museum in Haskovo there is a plaster cast of the original.

The tomb was discovered by chance by locals in 1931. It is the largest and one of the most interesting and impressive domed tombs of the Mycenaean type in Thrace. It is preserved entirely in its original form. It was studied by Prof. Bogdan Filov - a prominent Bulgarian archaeologist and politician, Prime Minister of Bulgaria in two governments in the period 1940 - 1943.It was declared a cultural monument in issue. 67 of the State Gazette of 1968.

The tomb was covered with an impressive mound with a height of 14-15 m and a diameter of 90 m at the base. It is built of cut stone blocks connected in places with iron brackets. The tomb is entered through a corridor more than 20 m long (dromos). Two rectangular vestibules follow, followed by a round burial chamber with a beehive-shaped dome. The total length of the facility is about 31 m.
 
A large number of objects made of gold, bronze, iron, glass and ceramics were found in the tomb, which are exhibited in the museums in Sofia and Haskovo. Among them are gold jewelry, earrings, an iron breastplate, silver, gold, bronze and clay vessels, a bronze candelabrum (large three-legged candlestick with lamps), 134 cm high, decorated with a large statuette of a dancing satyr. It is believed that the tomb was used as a temple to Heroon - a place where the cult of the divine deceased was worshiped through certain religious rituals. It was used many times and most probably served as a family tomb of a Thracian aristocrat. Traces of six burials have been found. A woman was buried in the vestibule. 
 
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