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Murfatlar Rock Art (C1 and C2)

        The entrance of the burial chambers C 1 and C 2 is located 6 m. to the west and 5 m. down from the entrance of the church B 1. The first of them, C 1, is dug in the hill immediately after the arched opening and has an ovoid plan, with its sharp end facing north. C 2 is connected to C 1 by another arcuate hole formed in the base. Access to this part of the complex at the time of its discovery was blocked by a stone wall. Romanian archaeologists have found three skeletons there, two in C 1 and one in C 2. According to Ion Barnea, the C complex was residential before being converted into a tomb. Funerary rooms C1 and C2. General plan. Of the two "C" rooms, only the walls of C 1 contain engravings and inscriptions. In this respect, the eastern wall to the right of the entrance to C 2 is the richest. The panel incised there consists of engraved dragons (with heads and without heads), other mythical animals, crosses and numerous inscriptions. It was documented both...