Bronze Pitcher Found amid Late Antiquity Arson in Roman City Deultum Close to...
A bronze pitcher from the Late Antiquity has been unearthed by archaeologists in the Ancient Roman colony of Deultum near Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, in the Deultum-Debelt Archaeological Preserve....
View Article6th Century BC Corinthian Aryballos (Athlete’s Oil Flask) from Varna Becomes...
This 6th century Ancient Greek Corinthian pottery aryballos was discoved in the Black Sea city of Varna, ancient Odessos, and donated to the National Museum of Archaeology in Sofia in the early 20th...
View ArticleArchaeologists Find nearly 7,000-Year-Old Copper Age Workshop for Production...
Nearly 7,000-year-old flint cores and manufacturing waste from the newly discovered Early Copper Age flint production workshop near Belogradets, Varna District, in Northeast Bulgaria, as showcased in...
View Article7,000-Year-Old Ritual Table with ‘Horned Animal’, First Bulgarian Empire...
The 7,000-year-old zoomorphic ritual table decorated with a “horned animal”, perhaps a ram, found near Bulgaria’s Tsonevo and Dalgopol, as displayed in the 2020 Bulgarian Archaeology Exhibition at the...
View Article6,500-Year-Old Full Set of Vessels, Including Zoomorphic One, Gold Bead from...
Prehistoric vessels, tools, and a gold bead from ca. 6,500 BC discovered in the Hidden Settlement Mound near Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast of Pomorie, which have been included in the 2020 Bulgarian...
View ArticleSlab with Marching Ancient Greek Warriors Discovered at Apollo Temples on...
The newsly discovered slab fragment from ca. 500 BC with marching hoplites, the Ancient Greek citizen warriors who formed the dreadful phalanx formation, from the sacred zone with two Apollo temples on...
View Article7,000-Year-Old Settlement Mound in Bulgaria’s Black Sea City Burgas Presented...
Artifacts from the 6th and 5th millenium BC found in the prehistoric and virtually unknown to the public Burgas Settlement Mound have been showcased for the first time in an exhition of the Burgas...
View ArticleArchaeologists Find Holy Well of Early Christian Monastery on Top of...
The newly uncovered structure of the holy well, or ayazmo, of the 4th – 5th century AD Early Christian monastery on Bulgaria’s St. Ivan Island goes down at least 5 meters in depth, and utilized the...
View ArticleHorse Shoulder Blade with Mysterious ‘Magic’ Ritual Marks from ca. 1300 AD...
This horse shoulder blade bone (scapula) from ca. 1300 found in the Rusocastro Fortress in Southeast Bulgaria has three symmetrical, lined up burning marks, indicating a potential and completely...
View Article8 Years after Theft of St. John the Baptist Relics in Bulgaria’s Sliven,...
Prof. Kazimir Popkonstantinov is seen here in August 2010 on St. Ivan Island during the discovery of the relics of St. John the Baptist. Photo: Sozopol Municipality The case of the theft of a particle...
View ArticleBulgaria to Turn Former Black Sea Island near Sozopol into Archaeology Museum...
The building of the former fishing school, a secret school for the training of Bulgarian naval officers in the wake of World War I, was built in the 1920s, and is the largest building on the St....
View ArticleSkeletons from Medieval Christian Necropolis Found on Top of Ruins of Ancient...
Three skeletons from medieval Christian burials with no burial gifts whatsoever have been found in rescue excavations in Bulgaria’s Devnya on top of a Late Antiquity layer. Photo: Devnenski Vazhod...
View Article6,000-Year-Old Submerged Prehistoric Settlement Reveals Black Sea Level Was 5...
Archaeological materials discovered in 2020 show that the submerged prehistoric settlement near the mouth of the Ropotamo River in Southeast Bulgaria was actually settled 6,000 years ago, in the...
View ArticleMassive Hexagonal Tower Keep, Horn Workshop Excavated in Medieval Fortress...
The ruins of the hexagonal tower, the massive central inside keep of the Rusocastro Fortress, are clearly visible in this aerial shot. Photo: Video grab from Burgas Regional Museum of History Facebook...
View Article5th Century BC Ancient Greek Shrine Discovered in First Ever Excavations on...
The first ever archaeological excavations on St. Petar / St. Peter Island near Bulgaria’s Sozopol exposed what appears to have been an Ancient Greek shrine in the 5th century BC. Photo: Burgas Regional...
View ArticleGold Earring from Egypt’s Fayum Mummy Portraits Discovered in Roman City...
The newly discovered Roman gold earring from Deultum (left) is similar or the same as women’s earrings depicted in the Fayum mummy portrats from Roman Egypt (right, and also see below). Photos: Deultum...
View ArticleWhite Two-Humped Baby Camel Born in Zoo in Bulgaria’s Black Sea City Varna
The new-born white Bactrian camel baby boy, the first of his species to have ever been born in the zoo in Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of Varna. Photo: Varna Mayor’s Facebook page A white two-humped baby...
View ArticleDisc-Like Copper Ingots Found in Ancient Shipwreck at Bulgaria’s Black Sea...
The disc-shaped copper ingots found in a Late Bronze Age shipwreck are seen here, with a photo of Bulgaria’s Maslen Nos cape in the background. Photo: Burgas Regional Museum of History A set of ancient...
View ArticleUnknown Chainmail Armors Discovered in Roman Colony Deultum near Bulgaria’s...
Two or three chainmail armors from the Late Antiquity previously unseen in Bulgaria have been discovered in the ancient and medieval city of Deultum close to the Black Sea coast. Photo: Desant An...
View ArticleTraces of First Ancient Greek Colonists in 7th Century BC Found under...
Cape Chervenka (in the front) on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast harbors the ruins of the Early Byzantine city of Chrisosotira / Talaskara, and, as it turns out, traces from the very first Ancient Greek...
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