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Silver rhyton with a reclining Silenus. Late 3rd or early 2nd century BCE, Vassil Bojkov Collection. Photographer: Marin Karavelov for the Thrace Foundation www.thracefoundation.org

The Thracian landscape in Rhodope in the early spring. The name of the region emerged from Rhodope, a Thracian naiad and daughter of the river Strymon. The naiads, daughters of the river gods Potamoi, were water nymphs who lived in lakes...

Silver tetradrachm from Thrace, reign of Lysimachus, 323-281 BCE. O: Head of Alexander as Ammon-Zeus. R: Athena holding Nike.

Mosaic icon of the Virgin Hodegetria from St. George Church, Ereğli (ancient Herakleia in Thrace), Turkey, early 14th century. National Archaeological Museum, Sofia.

Close-up of a silver rhyton with a reclining Silenus. Late 3rd or early 2nd century BCE. Vassil Bojkov Collection Photographer: Marin Karavelov for the Thrace Foundation www.thracefoundation.org

A peltast was a type of Greek infantryman who was usually armed with a javelin and who carried a light shield. Originating from Thrace, the peltast was a common sight in Greek warfare during the Classical period and especially following the...

Aureus of Brutus, thought to have been struck in the late summer or autumn of 42 BCE at a military mint travelling with Marcus Junius Brutus and Cassius in western Asia Minor or northern Greece. Obverse: portrait of Brutus Reverse: trophy...

Silver rhyton with goat protome and death of Orpheus. 420-410 BCE (Vassil Bojkov Collection) Photographer: Marin Karavelov for the Thrace Foundation www.thracefoundation.org

Bukelon Fortress ruins, Thrace (modern-day Bulgaria), ruins from the 12-14th century CE. This site was mentioned in reports from the Battle of Adrianople in the 4th century CE.

Silver kantharos with the death of Orpheus and the abduction of Helen. 420-410 BCE (Vassil Bojkov Collection) Photographer: Marin Karavelov for the Thrace Foundation www.thracefoundation.org