Seuthopolis

[3] Its ruins are now located at the bottom of the Koprinka Reservoir near Kazanlak, Stara Zagora Province, in central Bulgaria.

The cemetery of Seuthopolis included a number of brick tholos tombs, some covered by tumuli, in which the upper-class were interred, sometimes along with their horses.

The ruins of the city were discovered and excavated in 1948[8] by Bulgarian archeologists during the construction of the Georgi Dimitrov (later renamed Koprinka) Reservoir.

In 2005, Bulgarian architect Zheko Tilev proposed a project to uncover, preserve and reconstruct the city of Seuthopolis (the best-preserved Thracian city in Bulgaria) by means of a dam wall surrounding the ruins in the middle of the dam, enabling the site's inscription as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and making it a tourist destination of world importance.

[citation needed] The project was donated by the architect to Kazanlak municipality and funds are being raised to begin construction.

Seuthopolis city plan
Bronze head of King Seuthes III
Lead serpent from Seuthopolis, Kazanlak region, Bulgaria.IV-III century BC
Artificial lake of Kazanlak, the site of the Seuthopolis excavation