Remains of sacrificed Thracian children found

The remains of three children believed to have been sacrificed by the Thracians in the 6th century B.C. have been found in southwest Bulgaria.

The skeleton of a third child sacrificed by Ancient Thracians has been discovered by Bulgarian archaeologists in the same ritual pit at the prehistoric site near Bulgaria’s Mursalevo where last week they found the remains of two Thracian child skeletons.

The discovery of the 2,700-year-old Ancient Thracian child sacrifice was announced on April 15, 2015, after the archaeologists conducting rescue digs along the planned route of the Struma Highway in Southwest Bulgaria found two crushed skulls and a shoulder bone in one of the some 20 Thracian ritual pits located on top of the 8,000-year-old Early Neolithic city near the town of Mursalevo.

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Story: Ivan Dikov, Archaeology in Bulgaria | Photo: BGNES