site.btaEach Artefact to Be Exhibited in USA Is Valuable, Curator Damyanov Tells BTA

Each item in the forthcoming exhibition at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles is valuable - if not for its precious material or aesthetic qualities, then for the historical information it carries, the exhibition's curator, Assoc. Prof. Margarit Damyanov from the National Archaeological Institute with Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (NAIM-BAS), told BTA's Vanya Suharova.

Fourteen museums from Bulgaria with over 150 artefacts will participate in the exhibition Ancient Thrace and the Classical World: Treasures from Bulgaria, Romania, and Greece at the Getty Museum from November 3 to March 3, 2025. Bulgarian artefacts represent over 90% of all exhibits, as the core of the ancient Thracian lands overlap with the territory of present-day Bulgaria. Artefacts from Greece and Romania are also included for the first time in such an exhibition.

Assoc. Prof. Damyanov noted that this exhibition is part of a series oganized by the Getty Museum, entitled The Classical World in Context. It presents various ancient cultures bordering and interacting with the so-called classical antiquity of ancient Greece and Rome. "The project therefore focuses not just on the riches of Ancient Thrace, but on its place within the greater ancient world; for example, through its contacts with ancient Athens or the Persian Empire. These links can be traced back even further in time, to the Late Bronze Age and the time of Mycenaean Greece," he noted.

In an interview for BTA, Assoc. Prof. Damyanov talked about the selection of the exhibits, the journey to Los Angeles and the work with the Getty Museum team.

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