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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Kazanlak TholosCountry: Bulgaria Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Kazanlak
Latitude: 42.625506N Longitude: 25.399173E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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4th century BCE tholos with a narrow corridor and a round burial chamber, decorated with murals representing Thracian burial rituals and culture. Part of a large Thracian necropolis located near Seutopolis, the capital city of the Thracian king Seuthes III.
There is no access to the original but there is a copy that one can see.
A Unesco World Heritage Site.
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