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Bulgaria's Gold Rush

Looters are digging for buried treasure, while developers covet the land itself.

/2006/12/gold-rush/img/1-thracian-king-masks-714.jpg /2006/12/gold-rush/img/1-thracian-king-masks-60.jpg Photograph by Kenneth Garrett; Photographed at National Archaeological Museum, Sofia /2006/12/gold-rush/img/2-face-archaeologist-714.jpg /2006/12/gold-rush/img/2-face-archaeologist-60.jpg Photograph by Kenneth Garrett /2006/12/gold-rush/img/3-thracian-bronze-treasure-714.jpg /2006/12/gold-rush/img/3-thracian-bronze-treasure-60.jpg Photograph by Kenneth Garrett; Photographed at National Archaeological Museum, Sofia /2006/12/gold-rush/img/4-thracian-bronze-shin-guard-475h.jpg /2006/12/gold-rush/img/4-thracian-bronze-shin-guard-60.jpg Photograph by Kenneth Garrett; Photographed at Iskra History Museum, Kazanlak /2006/12/gold-rush/img/5-zlatinitsa-shin-guard-475h.jpg /2006/12/gold-rush/img/5-zlatinitsa-shin-guard-60.jpg Photograph by Kenneth Garrett; Photographed at National Museum of History, Sofia /2006/12/gold-rush/img/6-trench-bulldozer-714.jpg /2006/12/gold-rush/img/6-trench-bulldozer-60.jpg Photograph by Kenneth Garrett /2006/12/gold-rush/img/7-Thracian-mound-714.jpg /2006/12/gold-rush/img/7-Thracian-mound-60.jpg Photograph by Kenneth Garrett /2006/12/gold-rush/img/8-ceiling-painting-714.jpg /2006/12/gold-rush/img/8-ceiling-painting-60.jpg Photograph by Kenneth Garrett /2006/12/gold-rush/img/9-thracian-weaponry-714.jpg /2006/12/gold-rush/img/9-thracian-weaponry-60.jpg Photograph by Kenneth Garrett; Photographed at National Museum of History, on loan from Museum of History, Lovech /2006/12/gold-rush/img/10-painting-pitcher-714.jpg /2006/12/gold-rush/img/10-painting-pitcher-60.jpg Photograph by Kenneth Garrett; Photographed at Archaeological Museum, Sozopol /2006/12/gold-rush/img/11-thracian-centaurs-475h.jpg /2006/12/gold-rush/img/11-thracian-centaurs-60.jpg Photograph by Kenneth Garrett; Photographed at Bulgarian National Museum of History /2006/12/gold-rush/img/12-thracian-panagyurishte-714.jpg /2006/12/gold-rush/img/12-thracian-panagyurishte-60.jpg Photograph by Kenneth Garrett; Photographed at National Museum of History, on loan from Archaeological Museum, Plovdiv /2006/12/gold-rush/img/13-carved-statues-714.jpg /2006/12/gold-rush/img/13-carved-statues-60.jpg Photograph by Kenneth Garrett /2006/12/gold-rush/img/14-man-rocks-475h.jpg /2006/12/gold-rush/img/14-man-rocks-60.jpg Photograph by Kenneth Garrett /2006/12/gold-rush/img/15-thracian-mishkova-niva-714.jpg /2006/12/gold-rush/img/15-thracian-mishkova-niva-60.jpg Photograph by Kenneth Garrett /2006/12/gold-rush/img/16-fertility-rite-palm-sunday-714.jpg /2006/12/gold-rush/img/16-fertility-rite-palm-sunday-60.jpg Photograph by Kenneth Garrett /2006/12/gold-rush/img/17-excavation-grave-714.jpg /2006/12/gold-rush/img/17-excavation-grave-60.jpg Photograph by Kenneth Garrett