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Iron Age Ancient Thracian Hamlet, ‘Cross-Shaped’ Ax Discovered in Highway Construction Excavations in Bulgaria’s Ugarchin

Iron Age Ancient Thracian Hamlet, ‘Cross-Shaped’ Ax Discovered in Highway Construction Excavations in Bulgaria’s Ugarchin

This Early Iron Age ax, from the 11th – 6th century BC described as a “cross-shaped” ax by the Bulgarian archaeologists, has been found in an Ancient Thracian hamlet near Ugarchin sporadically inhabited for about a millenium. The ancient iron ax is shown here as exhibited in the 2020 Bulgarian Archaeology Exhibition at the National Institute and Museum of Archaeology in Sofia. Photo:…

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