THRACIAN SANCTUARY "BEGLIK TASH" - БЕГЛИК ТАШ, BULGARIA

Скалното светилище Беглик таш се намира в резерват "Ропотамо", на около 7 км от Приморско. Разположението на светлището е стратегическо и от него се открива красива панорамна гледка към морето и околностите.
Светлището е открито през 2003г. след археологически разкопки.
Бегликташ е бил свещено място и тук са се изпълнявали свещени ритуали още от II преди Хр. до началото на IV век от новата ера. По това време тези земи са се населявали от тракийското племе "скирмиани". В областта са намерени глинени съдове, монети, оръдия на труда, оръжия и др.
Скалните елементи на светилището са с естествен произход, но част от тях са били допълнително групирани в различни ансамбли ("астрономическия часовник", "скалното ложе", "свещената пещера" и др.), според ритуалите, които са се изпълнявали на тях. В много от скалите на площадката са издълбани ями, които са се изполвали за поставяне на течности или за събиране на дъждовната вода. По някои от камъните има издълбани ритуални знаци.
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The name “Beglik Tash” comes from the Turkish. Beglik means sheep’s tax and Tash - means rock.
The unique Thracian sanctuary Beglik Tash was discovered in 2002. It is defined as the earliest Thracian megalith sanctuary found so far in south-eastern Thrace and the Black Sea coast area. The conducted studies have shown that at the end of the Bronze Age (XIII century BC) there was already a high density of human activity here. The finds show that the sanctuary was visited mainly by Thracians. It was associated with the cult of fertility, the Mother Goddess, the orphic dedication and immortalization of the Hero.
Beglik Tash is the oldest and largest Thracian sanctuary in eastern Bulgaria. It spreads over approximately 12 ha as it consists of two circles formed by large rock formations and stone ensembles, each of them representing a single element or feat in the ritual of sacred marriage and commitment. The use of natural phenomena by the Thracians shows their utmost respect for what nature has created, with only few natural forms changed by human hand in order to engrave ritual symbols and signs.
An important element in the Thracian rituals is the water lit by the sun. So they created many water reservoirs associated with grooves, channels, basins to collect the holy water with which to perform the ritual of cleansing wash. Depending on the holiday, which they have come to worship, they brought gifts and performed offerings at different places in the sanctuary - at the entrance, at the so called marriage bed, sacrificial stones, the divine steps (cavities hewn in the stone in the shape of big foot prints), at the entrance to the dolmen - a model of the sacred cave or womb of the Mother Goddess, maze and more. Their offering to the Gods include fruits, flowers, sacrificial animals, wine, milk, honey, olive oil served in clay pots, which were ritually broken at the appropriate place to break the "lives" of these items so they can give new life ie to revive.
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