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FIRST OF ITS KIND ROYAL SYMBOL DISCOVERED IN BULGARIA

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Archaeological expedition led by Daniela Agre and Deyan Dichev made unprecedented discovery near Bulgarian village of Golyam Dervent.

The expedition discovered geometrical figures at the entrance of a Thracian tomb and a picture of an axe surrounded by a circle, Bulgarian National Radio reported.

The axe is intricately decorated. It was considered a symbol of royal power in ancient time.

Thracian tribes lived on the territory between the ninth and eight centuries BC. This is the first symbol of its kind discovered there.

The axe afterwards became the symbol of the Odrin dynasty, the most powerful ruling dynasty of its time.
Serpent images also feature among the decorations. Archaeologists said that the snake was also seen as a symbol of royalty.

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