The Thracians.
Orpheus’ Golden Empire
23 July 2004 - prologed: 9 January 2005

This exhibition sets out to present the genesis of the Thracian people – one of the most ancient Indo-European people in Europe. The exceptional gold and argent treasures of the Thracians, ritually given to Gods or following Kings and Aristocrats onto their road to death, are situated in a large Euro-Asian cultural context ranging from the Neolithic age (6th millennium B. C.) until the Late Roman Empire (2nd century A. D). C. 400 of the most spectacular objects from Bulgarian museums will be presented. The concept is worked out by an international scientific committee headed by Prof. Alexander Fol, the founding director of the Institute of Thracology, Sofia.