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Discovery of Ancient Thracian Primorsko Gold Treasure Explained in New Paper...
The Primorsko Gold Treasure is one of the not so many complete sets of Ancient Thracian horse harness decorations discovered in Bulgaria. Photo: Primorsko Museum of History A paper publushed in the...
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2,500-Year-Old Sunken Ancient Greek Ship Used to Sail to Crimea Discovered in...
The ruins of the Ancient Greek port of Olbia Pontica in Ukraine’s Mykolaiv region. The 2,500-year-old sunken Ancient Greek ship has been discovered off the coast. Photo: Wikipedia An approximately...
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Sunken Roman Ship from 2nd-3rd Century AD Discovered in Black Sea off...
The relatively well-preserved carcass of what likely was a sunken Ancient Roman merchant ship from the 2nd-3rd century AD has been discovered at a depth of 85 meters near the coast of the Crimean...
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Bulgaria’s Aquae Calidae, ‘Most Visited Spa Resort in Eastern Europe in Past...
Burgas Museum of History Director Milen Nikolov (left) shows the restoration works at the Aquae Calidae – Thermopolis archaeological preserve to Burgas Mayor Dimitar Nikolov (right). Photo: Burgas...
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Second Bulgarian Empire Demolished 6th Century Byzantine Walls of Rusocastro...
An aerial shot of the newly excavated 68-meter-long western fortress wall of the Rusocastro Fortress which lies on a volcanic hill. Photo: Burgas Regional Museum of History The 6th century AD Early...
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Sunken Fortress from Ancient Thrace Discovered at Bulgaria’s St. Thomas...
A diver from the underwater archaeology expedition shows one of the stone blocks that made up the outer wall of the sunken fortress on what is today St. Thomas Island off the coast of Bulgaria’s...
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Gold, Silver Treasure Pot with Tatar Leader’s Plunder Discovered in Kaliakra...
The newly discovered clay treasure pot from Bulgaria’s Kaliakra Fortress is believed to be full of 14th century Tatar plunder. Photo: National Museum of History A clay treasure pot containing almost...
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Archaeologists Find Thracian, Byzantine Settlements, Medieval Monastery on...
The ruins of a small medieval monastery (in the top right corner) have been discovered, among Ancient Thracian, and Early Byzantine structures, on the tiny Black Sea island off Bulgaria’s coast. Photo:...
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Chalcolithic Necropolis of World’s Oldest Gold Treasure Left Dilapidated in...
The completely abandoned site of the Varna Chalcolithic Necropolis as of August 2018. Photo: bTV The Varna Chalcolithic Necropolis where the world’s oldest gold treasure was discovered, the impressive...
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Mysterious ‘Game of Thrones’ – Type Find, Agate Jewel for Throne’s Spikes,...
This unknown conical agate artifact found in Bulgaria’s Rusocastro Fortress might have been a jewel decorating the spike of a throne. Photo: Burgas Regional Museum of History A mysterious 14th century...
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Top 20 of the Most Popular Stories on ArchaeologyinBulgaria.com in August 2018
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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Decline of Bulgarian, Byzantine Empires before Ottoman Conquest Revealed by...
The 14th century Tatar plunder treasure pot discovered in Bulgaria’s Black Sea fortress Kaliakra contains almost 1,000 various coins and artifacts made of gold, silver, and bronze. Photos: National...
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Top 20 of the Most Popular Stories on ArchaeologyinBulgaria.com in September...
The newly discovered clay treasure pot from Bulgaria’s Kaliakra Fortress is full of 14th century Tatar plunder. Photos: National Museum of History Following are the 20 most popular stories among the...
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Top 20 of the Most Popular Stories on ArchaeologyinBulgaria.com in the Third...
A newly found Roman inscription provides invaluable information about the construction of the Roman thermae in the Ancient Thracian city of Kabyle during the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Photo:...
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3rd Century BC Decree Found on Black Sea Island Proves Ties between Ancient...
The stone inscription decree provides evidence about the cordial relations between Apollonia Pontica (today’s Sozopol in Bulgaria) and Heraclea Pontica (today’s Karadeniz Eregli in Turkey). Photo:...
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Hoard of 18th Century Ottoman, Western European Coins Found in Treasure Pot...
The mid-18th century Ottoman coins discovered in the Agathopolis fortress in Bulgaria’s Ahtopol. Photo: Archaeological Team / e-Burgas A hoard of 854 silver and gold coins from the Ottoman Empire and...
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Top 20 of the Most Popular Stories on ArchaeologyinBulgaria.com in October 2018
The Cyclopean masonry outer wall of the newly discovered fortress near Bulgaria’s Zlatograd is similar to that of Ancient Mycenae. Photo: TV grab from BNT Following are the 20 most popular stories...
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2,500-Year-Old ‘Metallurgical Plant’ at Ancient Copper Mine Discovered near...
A large number of kilns have been found at the site of the “Copper Ridge” Antiquity copper mine outside of ancient Apollonia Pontica, today’s Sozopol on the Black Sea coast in Southeast Bulgaria....
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Slavs, Avars Burned Down Byzantine City Chrisosotira in Early 7th Century,...
The Early Byzantine city and fortress of Chrisosotira / Talaskara located on Cape Chervenka on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast never recovered from the barbarian invasions of the Slavs and Avars in the...
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Top 20: Most Popular Stories on ArchaeologyinBulgaria.com in November 2018
The newly found artifact is the world’s first known reliquary cross containing particles of Jesus Christ’s Holy Cross that is made of pure gold. Photo: Regnews Following are the 20 most popular stories...
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