Domed tombs of Thrace - 160 years of research

Domed tombs are a perfect type of burial tholos constructions characterizing the Thracian world. The first domed tomb was discovered in 1851 (Rozovets village, near Plovdiv), so this year marks 160 years since the beginning of the study of such monuments. Besides the fact that this type of sites revealed a particularly rich in artifacts material that allowed researchers to clearly define the formation and evolution of the Thracian civilization, they have also set the start point of the archaeological science in the Balkans as well as of the phenomenon actually called Thracology. Based on the fact that the basic information on the domed tombs research has already been published (Hatłas 2005), the authors decided to offer an updated catalogue containing all the discoveries of the Thracian tholos constructions dated from the 5th - 3rd centuries B.C.