The National Archaeological Institute with Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Balkan Heritage Foundation in collaboration with Haskovo Regional Museum of History and Sofia University’s Faculty of History, have the honour of inviting you to take part in the international conference:
The Alexandrovo Tomb: 20 Years Later
Before 20 years, near the village of Alexandrovo, Haskovo Region, Bulgaria, an extraordinary architectural monument of Thracian culture came to light: the Alexandrovo Tomb. Dated to the early Hellenistic period, late 4th – early 3rd century BCE, it is one of the two tholos type tombs in Bulgaria whose interior is almost entirely decorated with wall paintings depicting vivid figural compositions. Since 2004 the Alexandrovo Tomb has been listed on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List.
The conference will take place online on May 11th and 12th 2021 on Zoom.
During the two conference days, there will be online presentations and live discussion sessions in the following panels:
- Alexandrovo Tomb and its cultural context
- Interdisciplinary studies of funerary architecture and decoration: new approaches, methodologies and techniques
- Conservation and restoration of painted tombs
The conference language will be English.
