Trebenisht

The village of Trebenishta is located 14 kilometers northwest of Ohrid . The village lies on the shore of Lake Ohrid , at an altitude of 848 meters above sea level. The population is 513 people (as of 2002 ). The vast majority of the inhabitants are Macedonians . In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the majority of the population in Trebenisht were Bulgarians.

On the outskirts of Trebenishte is an ancient necropolis with 56 burial sites dating back to the 7th – 4th centuries BC. The first excavations were carried out here by the Bulgarian archaeologist Karel Shkorpil . Then the excavations continued in 1930-1934 ( Bogdan Filov ), 1953-1954 and in 1972. Among other finds, 4 gold funeral masks, a large number of household items, weapons, and tools were found. The historical values ​​found in Trebenisht are stored in museums in Sofia , Belgrade , and Skopje . Scientists find similarities between objects of culture discovered in the Trebenishtansky burial ground and items of the Mycenaean era found in the tombs of Greek bronze-age mines.