site.btaNAIM-BAS Is Bulgaria's Main Organizer of Thracian Treasures Exhibition in J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles

The National Archaeological Institute with Museum to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (NAIM-BAS) is the main Bulgarian organizer of the exhibition of Thracian treasures at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, US, NAIM-BAS Director Assoc. Prof. Hristo Popov told the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) on Friday. .

He noted that the contract, which was signed between the Ministry of Culture, J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles and NAIM-BAS is tripartite. "We have been entrusted with the main functions, both for the organization of the exhibition, but also for the general organization and logistics on Bulgarian territory and the coordination between all Bulgarian institutions," explained Popov.

NAIM-BAS will participate in the exhibition with more than 50 exhibits. "We start the narrative from earlier times, from the Bronze Age, when the Thracian ethnicity was formed. The first of the main monuments that NAIM-BAS is participating with is the Valchitran Treasure," he said. Other important exhibits are objects from the iconic Duvanli Necropolis near Plovdiv, a bronze hydria from the ancient necropolis of Mesambria, the stone stele of Deines, which is from the necropolis of Apollonia, an inscription from Seuthopolis, and the bronze head of Seuthes III from his tomb at Golyamata Kosmatka near Kazanlak, Popov pointed out.

As the organizer and coordinator of the Bulgarian exposition in Los Angeles, NAIM-BAS Director Assoc. Prof. Hristo Popov answered BTA's questions about the relationship with the J. Paul Getty Museum, the selection of the exhibits, NAIM-BAS's contribution to it and the technical part of the transportation and preparation of the monuments for the exhibition.

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Fourteen museums from Bulgaria with a total of over 150 objects will participate in a forthcoming exhibition of Thracian treasures at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, USA. "Ancient Thrace and the Classical World: Treasures from Bulgaria, Romania, and Greece" will be on from November 3 to March 3, 2025.