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Top 25: Most Popular Stories on ArchaeologyinBulgaria.com in Fourth Quarter 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 25 most popular stories...
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Top 50: Most Popular Stories on ArchaeologyinBulgaria.com in Calendar Year 2018
Following are the 50 most popular stories with you, the readers of ArchaeologyinBulgaria.com, during the calendar year of 2018. The 2018 Top 50 stories of ArchaeologyinBulgaria.com are ranked by number...
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Europe’s Largest Hoard of Copper Age Axes, Ax Hammers Discovered in Northeast...
The hoard of 22 copper axes and ax hammers from the 5th millenium BC weighs a combined total of nearly 12 kg, and is said to be Euroep’s largest Chalcolithic find of its kind. Photo: Ruse Regional...
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New Board Game Pits Archaeologists against Treasure Hunters in Archaeological...
The “Archaeologists vs. Treasure Hunters” board game developed by the Archaeologia Bulgarica NGO raises awareness about the daily battle against destructive treasure hunting in tens of thousands of...
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Bulgaria’s Black Sea City Burgas to Build Park with Scale Models of European...
A blueprint for the future Europe Scale Models Park in Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of Burgas. The park will depict the map of Europe with famous European landmarks in their respective locations. Photo:...
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5 Incredible Underwater Discoveries by Black Sea MAP in Bulgaria’s Zone: From...
The 13th-14th century Pre-Columbian round ship, possibly Venetian, is one of the top finds of the Black Sea MAP expedition. Photo: Black Sea M.A.P 2018 was the third and last year of the Black Sea...
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Bulgarian Archaeologist Joins ‘Prehistoric’ Black Sea, Mediterranean Voyage...
Teodor Rokov from the Archaeology Museum in Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of Varna is an archaeologist specializing in the study of maritime history and experimental sailing with Prehistory style vessels....
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14th Century Tatar Plunder Treasure Pot Shown for the First Time in 2018...
The treasure pot with Tatar plunder from Bulgaria’s Cape Kaliakra fortress has been exhibited for the first time since its discovery by the National Museum of History in Sofia. Photo: National Museum...
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Bulgaria’s National History Museum Extends Exhibition of 2018 Archaeological...
The treasure from the Tatar Plunder treasure pot discovered in Bulgaria’s Black Sea fortress Kaliakra in August 2018 contains near 1,000 coins and jewels, and has been displayed for the first time by...
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Ancient Thrace’s Largest Gold Treasure, Valchitran Treasure, to Be Shown in...
The Valchitran Gold Treasure is the largest treasure from Ancient Thrace in terms of weight. Photo: Wikipedia The largest gold treasure from Ancient Thrace, the Valchitran Gold Treasure, which dates...
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For the First Time Fortress Gate of Ancient Odessos Discovered in Bulgaria’s...
The newly discovered Southwestern Gate of ancient Odessos may have been up to 8 meters wide, and was part of the city’s Late Antiquity wall. Photo: TV grab from bTV Archaeologists have discovered for...
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Top 20: Most Popular Stories on ArchaeologyinBulgaria.com in May 2019
A collage showing a bust of Roman Emperor Trajan Decius, with the ruins of the fortress walls of ancient Abritus near Bulgaria’s Razgrad in the background. Photo: Abritus Archaeological Preserve...
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Bronze Horse Statuette Found in Bulgaria’s Rusocastro Fortress, Deemed...
The Ancient Roman bronze horse figurine was discovered at the start of the 2019 archaeological excavations in the Rusocastro Fortress near Bulgaria’s Burgas. Photo: Burgas Regional Museum of History A...
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Silver Medieval Venetian Coins Discovered in Rusocastro Fortress in Southeast...
The 13th – 14th century Venetian coins discovered in Rusocastro are further evidence of the strong commercial ties that the Republic of Venice had with the Bulgarian and Byzantine Empires. Photo:...
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Prehistoric Figurine Depicting Pregnant Woman Found in Middle Chalcolithic...
The newly discovered prehistoric figurine is deemed a very valuable find because of the perplexingly small number of such figurines from the Middle Chalcolithic along Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast. Photo:...
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10 Stunning Facts about the Archaeology and History Riches of Bulgaria
A typical landscape from the mountainous parts of rural Bulgaria. Photo: IvayloSt, Pixabay We at ArchaeologyinBulgaria.com have been on a mission for a while now to acquaint readers around the world...
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Durankulak Gold Treasure – Durankulak Lake Lagoon – Durankulak, Dobrich,...
Gold artifacts from the Durankulak Gold Treaure, from the second half of the 5th millenium BC. Photo: Dobrich Regional Museum of History The Durankulak Gold Treasure is a prehistoric gold treasure,...
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Which Is the World’s Oldest Gold? The Five Oldest Gold Treasures: All from...
The world’s largest and perhaps oldest prehistoric gold treasure was discovered by chance back in 1972 in graves of what has become known as the Varna Chalcolithic Necropolis in Bulgaria’s Black Sea...
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Hoard of Byzantine Gold Coins Hidden during Hun Invasion Discovered in...
The 16 Byzantine gold coins discovered in the ruins of ancient Marcianopolis, a very substantial Roman city in today’s Northeast Bulgaria. Photo: Devnya Ancient and Modern Facebook Page A Byzantine...
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Bones of Camels, European Bison Discovered in Medieval Rusocastro Fortress in...
Bones from a dromedary (one-hump camel) and European bison have been found in the Rusocastro Fortress in 2019. The photo on the left shows European bison photographed near Razgrad in Northeast Bulgaria...
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