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Kaliakra Cape Fortress near Bulgaria’s Black Sea Resort Kavarna Growing Ever...
A view of the picturesque Kaliakra Cape in Northeast Bulgaria which harbored a major city in the Antiquity and Middle Ages. Photo: Video grab from Bulgariaotvisiko.com (“Bulgaria from Above”) The...
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Ancient Thracian Gold Treasure Discovered in Rescue Digs of Burial Mound near...
The newly discovered Primorsko Gold Treasure consists of 8 large and 29 small horse harness appliques. Photo: Primorsko Municipality An Ancient Thracian gold treasure “from the time of Alexander the...
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Bulgaria’s Burgas Wins EU Funding with Turkey’s Kirklareli to Develop Aquae...
Part of the restored Aquae Calidae – Thermopolis Archaeological Preserve in Bulgaria’s Burgas. Photo: Burgas Municipality The ancient spa resort Aquae Calidae, known as Thermopolis in the Middle Ages,...
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Bulgaria’s Primorsko to Build Special Vault to Exhibit Newly Found Ancient...
Part of the sophisticated gold appliques making up the Primorsko Gold Treasure. Photo: Primorsko Municipality The Ancient Thracian gold treasure, which was discovered recently near Bulgaria’s Black Sea...
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Archaeologists Find 6th Century BC Home, Red-Figure Pottery Krater Depicting...
The ruins of the 6th century BC home from the Archaic Period of Ancient Greece discovered in Bulgaria’s Sozopol. Photo: Archaological Team The well-preserved ruins of a 6th century BC home from the...
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Bulgaria Could Have Ended Up Divided like West and East Germany, North and...
A hypothesis has it that if the Tsardom of Bulgaria had resisted the troops of the Soviet Union in September 1944, Southern Bulgaria might have ended up in the Western sphere, rather than the Soviet...
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Erkesiya: the Ancient Bulgar Border Rampart Containing Byzantium That Was...
A map showing the location of the Erkesiya, the Ancient Bulgar border wall / rampart from the Black Sea to the Maritsa River Valley in today’s Southeast Bulgaria. Map: Yambol Chamber of Commerce The...
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8 Marvelous Artifacts from Exotic Places Discovered by Archaeologists in...
This 14th-century white-green nephrite amulet buckle is believed to have made it from China to medieval Bulgaria via the Golden Horde, a Mongol (Tatar) state in Eastern Europe and Western Asia. Photo:...
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St. Anastasia Island in Black Sea Is Top Cultural Tourism Destination in...
The St. Anastasia Island in the Black Sea is increasingly popular with local and foreign tourists visiting Bulgaria’s Burgas. Photo: Burgas Municipality Bulgaria’s tiny Black Sea island of St....
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Early Byzantium’s Haemimontus Province on Bulgaria’s Southern Black Sea Coast...
Cover of the book “Mare Ponticum. Coastal Fortresses and Harbor Zones in the Province of Haemimontus, 5th – 7th Century AD”. Photo: Bulgaria’s National Museum of History A new book presents findings...
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5th Millenium BC Prehistoric Settlement near Bulgaria’s Pomorie Was Much...
5th millenium BC pottery vessels discovered in the newly excavated ceramic workshop building underneath the Kozareva Mogila mound in Southeast Bulgaria. Photo: 2017 Bulgarian Archaeology exhibition The...
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Top 20 of the Most Popular Stories on ArchaeologyinBulgaria.com in April 2018
The Attica red-figure pottery krater with Oedipus and the Sphinx discovered in Bulgaria’s Sozopol is dated to the second quarter of the 5th century BC. Photo: ArchaeologyinBulgaria.com Following are...
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Ancient Thrace Was Gradually Taken Over by Ancient Greek, Greco-Roman Sports...
The 5th century BC gold seal ring depicting a resting athlete is one of the highlights of the Sports in Ancient Thrace exhibition. It was discovered in 2004 by late Bulgarian archaeologist Georgi Kitov...
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Large Sunken Island Existed off Bulgaria’s Black Sea Coast till Middle Ages,...
Location of the sunken island of Cyanida / Kianida on Ptolemy’s 9th European Map (Nona Europae Tabula) published in the Reichenbach Monastery in 1467. The sizable island was likely located off the...
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Archaeologists Find Gild Mosaic Cubes in Agathopolis on Bulgaria’s Black Sea...
The two gold-plated tesserae, or mosaic cubs, from an Early Christian decoration which have been discovered in ancient Agathopolis on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast. Photo: e-Burgas Two small gold-coated...
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2018 Excavations of Medieval Rusocastro Fortress in Southeast Bulgaria to...
The stone staircase discovered in 2017 was the only way into the castle of the Rusocastro Fortress, a major stronghold in medieval Bulgaria and Byzantium. Photo: Burgas Regional Museum of History The...
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Unknown 4th Century Tower, Gold Coin of Byzantine Emperors Andronicus II,...
The newly found gold coin of Byzantine Emperors Andronicus II and Andronicus III from the Rusocastro Fortress is only partly preserved. Photo: Burgas Regional Museum of History A previously unknown...
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Silver Tornese Coins from Crusaders’ Principality of Achaea (Morea) Found by...
The tornese silver coins from the Principality of Achaea found in Bulgaria’s Rusocastro Fortress depict a cross and a tower of a Catholic cathedral. Photo: Burgas Regional Museum of History A hoard of...
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‘Unusually Tall’ Skeleton, Severed Arm Found in 4,000-Year-Old Bronze Age...
An aerial shot of the 4,000-year-old Bronze Age grave of a man who was about 1.9 – 2 meters tall. A severed arm of another person was discovered buried near the grave. It is visible on the left side of...
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Bulgaria’s Most Recently Found Ancient Thracian Gold Treasure Returns Home to...
The Primorsko Gold Treasure consists of a total of 37 gold appliques which decorated the harness of the horse of an Ancient Thracian dynast (i.e. ruler) during parades and formal religious ceremonies....
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