Petko Nikolic Vidusa - Mysterious ancient temple in the Bosnia

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Mysterious ancient

temple in Bosnia

Perun Vid

Kitchener, Canada, 2012

Thracian temple in the region of Tatul village, Bulgaria

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TATUL

Tatul is a village in Momchilgrad municipality, Kardzhali Province locatedin the Eastern hodopes in southern Bulgaria! "n the 2000s Bulgarian

archaeologists discovered an ancient Thracian sur#ace tom$ and sanctuary

in the immediate pro%imity o# the village, and it &as soon recognized as an

e%clusive religious centre in the region o# importance to the &hole region

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according to head archaeologist 'i(olay )vcharov! *atest archaeological

#inds date the earliest settlement to +000 BC!

Tom$o# )rpheus- in the Tracian temple in Tatul

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Bosnian temple in the region of Rataje village, Bosnia

RATAJE

.t the top o# the hill a$ove the village ata/e is an isolated limestone

rising vertically #rom relatively level ground! The roc(, &hich is more than

meters high, &ith a holoved cell and tom$, is the central #eature o# the

entire comple%! "n the north &all o# the cell there is a $ench, and a$ove it a

shallo& niche has $een carved out! The tom$, &hich is hollo&ed out in the

#orm o# the human $ody, is in the centre o# the cell and lies along the &est

east a%is!

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ite in ata/e, photo #rom 2003

Bench carved into the roc(

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The roc( &ith cell and tom$ 4the vie& #rom the north5

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The roc( &ith cell and tom$ in ata/e

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The roc( &ith cell and tom$ in ata/e

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The roc!cut tom" in the m#sterious temple of Rataje

The archaeological site o# ata/e in ata/e near Mil/evina is here$ydesignated as a 'ational Monument o# Bosnia and 7erzegovina4hereina#ter8 the 'ational Monument5!

The 'ational Monument is located on cadastral plot no! 103+, cadastralmunicipality Mil/evina9 :o;a

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