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the mysterious bas-relief known as the Madara Rider. It is carved into the rockface at a height of 95 meters, and is so eroded that details are only apparent by the light of the setting sun.
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Madara was the principal sacred place of the First Bulgarian Empire before Bulgaria's conversion to Christianity in the 9th century. The inscriptions beside the sculpture tell of events that
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Bulgar art: The Madara Rider (ca. 710 AD), large rock relief carved on the Madara Plateau east of Shumen, northeast Bulgaria. The relief depicts a majestic horseman 23 m above ground level
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Madara_Horseman.html 28-Feb-2008 18:12 27k Madara_Horseman_rock.. 15-Feb-2008 19:35 40k Madara_horseman-reli.. 15-Feb-2008 19:35 50k madara-horseman-stai.. 15-Feb-2008 19:35 54k
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Parent Directory 10-Jun-2008 17:50 - Madara-plateau-rocks.. 15-Feb-2008 19:35 39k Madara_Horseman.doc 15-Feb-2008 19:35 25k
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Here's the evolution of the Thracian Hero over the centuries. The Thracian Horseman The Madara Rider
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