The Rogozen Treasure called the find of the century, was discovered by chance in 1985 by a tractor driver digging a well in his garden in the Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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n village of Rogozen

Rogozen

Rogozen is a village in Northwestern Bulgaria. It is located in Hayredin municipality, Vratsa Province.Rogozen is famous for its Rogozen treasure....

. It consists of 165 receptacles, including 108 phiales

Phiale (libation vessel)

A phiale is the name given in modern terminology to a kind of ancient Greek ceramic or metallic vessel. Its form was that of a wide round shallow bowl without handles or a foot , principally used for making libations ....

, 55 jug

Jug

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s and 3 goblets. The objects are silver with golden gilt on some of them with total weight of more than 20 kg. The treasure is an invaluable source of information for the life of the Thracians

Thracians

The ancient Thracians were a group of Indo-European tribes inhabiting areas including Thrace in Southeastern Europe. They spoke the Thracian language – a scarcely attested branch of the Indo-European language family...

, due to the variety of motifs in the richly decorated objects. It is dated back to the 5th-4th centuries BC.

Honour

Rogozen Island

Rogozen Island

Rogozen Island is a conspicuous island off the north coast of Robert Island, South Shetland Islands situated south-southwest of Heywood Island and north-northeast of Cornwall Island. Extending in east-west direction and wide. Surface area ....

 off Robert Island, South Shetland Islands

South Shetland Islands

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 is named after the settlement of Rogozen in connection with the Rogozen Treasure.

See also

• Panagyurishte Treasure
  Panagyurishte treasure
  The Panagyurishte Treasure is a Thracian treasure excavated on December 8, 1949 by three brothers, Pavel, Petko and Michail Deikov who worked together at the region of “Merul” tile factory near the town of Panagyurishte, Bulgaria. It consists of a phiale, an amphora and seven rhytons with total...
  
  
• Valchitran Treasure
• Lukovit Treasure
  Lukovit treasure
  The Lukovit Treasure is a silver Thracian treasure found in 1953 near the town of Lukovit, Lovech Province, north-western Bulgaria. It consists of two groups of objects: plates, applications for horse bridles and vessels, 9 phiales, 3 ewers and a bowl....
  
  
• Borovo Treasure
  Borovo Treasure
  The Borovo Treasure, also known as the Borovo Silver Treasure, is part of the Thracian treasure. It is a set of five silver-gilt items discovered in late 1974 while ploughing a field in Borovo, Bulgaria....
  
  

External links

• The Rogozen silver treasure