A gold phiale (shallow bowl) from the Panagyurishte treasure, decorated with black African heads. 4th-3rd century BCE, now housed at the National Historical Museum in Sofia, Bulgaria [3000×3321]
A gold phiale (shallow bowl) from the Panagyurishte treasure, decorated with black African heads. 4th-3rd century BCE, now housed at the National Historical Museum in Sofia, Bulgaria [3000×3321]
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The Panagyurishte treasure is extraordinary. Thracian goldsmiths were producing work of this calibre whilst Rome was still a collection of mud huts.