THRACOLOGY

'Thracology' is the scientific study of Ancient Thrace and Thracian antiquities and is a regional and thematic branch of the larger disciplines of ancient history and archaeology. A practitioner of the discipline is a Thracologist. Thracology investigates the range of Ancient Thracian culture (language, literature, history, religion, art, economics, and ethics) from the 5th millennium BC up to the end of Roman rule in the 4th century - 7th century AD. Modern Thracology (as opposed to an antiquarian interest in the land of Thrace) begun to flourish in the second part of the 20th century, when Bulgarian archaeologist Alexander Fol founded the Institute of Thracology in the Bulgarian Academy of Science. With subsequently ever-increasing Thracian tombs unearthing, the study of the Ancient Thracian civilisation was able to proceed with greater academic rigour.

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★ Bulgarian Academy of Science

★ Thrace

★ Thracians

★ Thracian Language

★ Thracian Mythology

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External links

★ Institute of Thracology - Bulgarian Academy of Science - Institute of Thracology Official Site

★ Thracology.dir.bg - Sonya Ilieva's Web Page About Ancient Thrace and Thracology

★ Thracology.org - A site dedicated to the enigmatic ancient Thracian civilization.