A 22-m corridor takes you to a round chamber with a diameter of 11.60 m and with stunning architecture. The walls resemble a semi-cylindrical vault. There is a hollow column in the middle which expands as it ascends and merges with the outer wall. Architects from across the world have studied this site in a bid to solve the mystery of the accurately built tomb dated to the period of 2-4 c. AD.
The construction is mainly of limestone and bricks welded with mortar. The tomb’s masters, however, remain unsurpassed to this day. On the inside of the hollow column there used to be a spiral stone staircase that led to the surface of the mound. There are five niches on the ring-wall of the tomb, in which urns or statues of the deceased were placed. Nothing from the decoration and the content has been preserved.
Pomorie has a lot of history in it, even by our standards. It’s weird to think that while this tomb remained undisturbed underfoot, this same relatively small area was the most common place we fought the Romans as well. I think we should’ve left it with the name Anchialos, as it should be. Pomorie is a pretty meh name.
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A 22-m corridor takes you to a round chamber with a diameter of 11.60 m and with stunning architecture. The walls resemble a semi-cylindrical vault. There is a hollow column in the middle which expands as it ascends and merges with the outer wall. Architects from across the world have studied this site in a bid to solve the mystery of the accurately built tomb dated to the period of 2-4 c. AD.
The construction is mainly of limestone and bricks welded with mortar. The tomb’s masters, however, remain unsurpassed to this day. On the inside of the hollow column there used to be a spiral stone staircase that led to the surface of the mound. There are five niches on the ring-wall of the tomb, in which urns or statues of the deceased were placed. Nothing from the decoration and the content has been preserved.
Pomorie has a lot of history in it, even by our standards. It’s weird to think that while this tomb remained undisturbed underfoot, this same relatively small area was the most common place we fought the Romans as well. I think we should’ve left it with the name Anchialos, as it should be. Pomorie is a pretty meh name.