Maglizh Tomb

The Maglizh Tomb was discovered during rescue archaeological excavations conducted in the summer months of 1964 and 1965, about 3 km west of Maglizh in the Mochera locality, near the southern slopes of the Balkan Mountains. Its discovery was connected with the construction of a branch of the Arsenal factory. The tomb lies in a mound 13 metres high and 48 metres in diameter at its base, forming part of a large burial-mound necropolis.

The archaeologists Lyudmil Getov and Gergana Tabakova-Tsanova directed the rescue excavations, which covered the entire southern part of the mound. At a depth of 9.30 metres, the ridge of the south-oriented burial chamber was discovered. The investigation also covered a smaller mound, where two cremation burials from the Roman period were uncovered.

Although the tomb was robbed in antiquity, the structure is thought to date from the period of ancient Seuthopolis, between the late 4th and mid-3rd century BC. The funerary structure occupies the southern half of the mound, with an entrance facing south. It has a highly articulated plan and architectural features absent from other known Thracian funerary structures in Bulgaria.