Balchik Can Be Completely Restored ... The Temple Of Cybele Near

The Temple of Cybele near Balchik can be completely restored ...
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According to her, there is a stand by the commission of the National Institute for the Monuments of Culture, this part of the new building site, which stops the studies, to be demolished. According to the team of archeologists, the temple of Cybele is the only, well preserved temple from the Hellenic period in Bulgaria. Archeologist came upon two dozens of intact or half-preserved marble statues � most of the Great Mother of Gods. It is considered that the building had been constructed during the period 280 � 260 BC. Scientists believe that it had functioned for more than 700 years. Scientists have found roof-tiles and announced that the building had a two-level roof. Scientists plan to restore over 20 inscriptions � most of them in Greek, as well as 15 clay lamps, bone needles, some of them decorated with the head of Aphrodite, announced from the museum. She added that the western part of the site stands under the foundations of a hotel which is now being constructed and the archaeology studies have ceased. Specialists work over more than 200 coins from the III � IV century B.C. The head of the local museum expects all artifacts to be restored, preserved and exposed in the museum. The land plot is a private property and the municipal negotiates with the owner to buy it. The temple is completely studied from the northern side to the base, the entrance and the antechamber. The Temple of Cybele near Balchik can be completely restored. The temple was found during emergency excavations in the spring of 2007. Website by EBPW.All photos and texts in this website are copyrighted and owned by Bononia Ltd.