num_pages: 256
description: Exhibition catalogue. Thrace is not now a household word. It was a small, fragmented but influential country in what is now southern Bulgaria. Thrace had a heritage of war, music, and poetry; traditionally, it was the birthplace of both Orpheus and Aries. Because the Thracians had no alphabet of their own, what literary accounts are available were written by their neighbors, a chancy means of analysis at best. A better way to consider Thracian life is through its eloquent art. Hundreds of photographs gleam here with astonishingly beautiful objects. Hardcover and Cloth Boards, 256 pages, 259 illustrations including 215 plates in full color.
language: English
title: Ancient Gold: The Wealth of the Thracians
titlecomplete: Ancient Gold: The Wealth of the Thracians
genres: Greece, History
ratings_count: 14
publisher: Harry N. Abrams