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This was his favorite place in Starosel.
Twelve years have passed since the death of Georgi Kitov. The man who made the most important archaeological discoveries of our time suffered a heart attack at the age of 65, right in the place he loved the most: Starosel. There were the remains of the time of the ancient Thracian kings, who both provoked and tempted his investigative spirit. Among the discoveries of archaeologists are the tombs at Zhaba Mogila near Strelcha, the religious complex “Heroon” near Starosel, the 673 gram gold mask of Teres from the mound “Svetitsa”, dozens of gold ornaments, vessels, a royal crown and the unique bronze head of the Thracian king Sevt III After an exhibition at the Louvre in Paris, it became an emblem of the Thracian heritage in the Bulgarian lands.
“He is an old man
my joy and
suffering, my
happiness and sadness
I had great vicissitudes here, but that’s where my great recognition came from ”.
The words are from the remarkable archaeologist Dr. Georgi Kitov. He said them the night before. The next he died. He closes his eyes meters from the last mound he digs.
Before the end of the season, Kitov stopped at Starosel to explore the mound in question. There were no signs that he would suddenly leave the following night. During the day he sent his wife Diana Dimitrova and their daughter Irina to Sofia for the first day of school. He returned from the site to his room because the weather was bad. And there death caught up with him.
Everything happened
for a moment
High blood pressure is the conclusion of forensic doctors. They themselves were amazed at how he worked outdoors with so many illnesses.
Kitov never complained. Spend 12 hours a day digging. Before reaching Starosel, he was in Golyama Kosmatka near Kazanlak. The same year, the archaeologist had a strong season in Sliven and Kazanlak.
On September 13, 2008, “24 Chasa” found Kitov in his work outfit: naked to the waist, shorts, hat and flip-flops. “When will I find my mound?” He said to his colleagues. “The gods loved him, that’s why they chose to be close to them. They gave him a slight death so as not to suffer,” his colleagues said at the time.
They commented extensively that before leaving, Kitov toured his old mounds. “I thought it was like traveling the lands, as the Thracian ruler did every year. The moment he did not appear, the strongest aristocrats took power.
I told myself this was not good, “Diana Dimitrova was thinking at the time. Kitov was happy with each of his findings and contacted her.
He considered the bronze head of the statue of Seuthes III of the Big Hairy to be his most valuable discovery. According to him, it is a treasure for Bulgaria, since the bronze heads of the rulers are often not found not only in Thrace, but also in Greece and Rome.
He was adamant that the Thracians were a great people who participated in the construction of the civilization of the eastern Mediterranean.
Kitov’s contribution to Bulgarian archeology is huge, historians say. No textbook and historical presentation of the country can do without his discoveries.
With them he made a correction in science, one of them is that these mound installations are not tombs. Most were temples used for certain rituals, after which they became tombs for the priest king, who was also the son of the Great Mother Goddess.
He does a ritual
with wine
Georgi Kitov and his team performed a special ritual before entering the tomb they discovered. His first step was serving wine. With it, they wanted to beg the spirits of those buried within to let them enter what was placed within the mound. And only then did they proceed to retrieve the findings. And they were among the richest. The golden mask of Teres is in the treasure of Bulgaria.
Kitov loved to drink wine from a freshly opened golden container. For him, it was a touch to the Thracian ruler’s belongings and his inspiration for a new life.
Local people
place
smart board
with his name
In 2014, at the suggestion of the mayor of Starosel Ivan Zhutev, a local club “Association of Heroes” was established in the village. It is named after the signet of the ring, discovered by Georgi Kitov in Peychova Mogila.
The first task of the newly established club is to raise funds and erect a monument in memory of the archaeologist from Chetinyova Mogila. “The commemorative plaque is already on the excavation site and perpetuates the memory of Georgi,” Chassa Diana Dimitrova, who lived with her in family and now continues her case, told 24.
Georgi Kitov discovered more than 10 mound temples, unique artifacts, ancient roads, rocky shrines and thus changed the map with the cultural monuments of Bulgaria.
Kitov’s research focuses mainly on the territory of the Odrisian kingdom, which in the V-III century BC. It extends between the Black Sea, the Danube and the Rhodopes. The ruins of its capital Seuthopolis are near the present city of Kazanlak. The most famous kings of the Odrisios are Teres (490-464) and Sitalk (464-424), who are among the famous historical figures of their time.
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