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Part of the walls of a building estimated to date to the Roman era around the third century CE have been found during construction of a residential building in the […]
The annual exhibition of fascinating finds by archaeologists in Bulgaria is on at the National Archaeological Museum in Sofia from February 14 to March 19 2017. “Bulgarian Archaeology 2016” marks […]
A newly-found inscription has shown that the Ancient Theatre in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv, long thought to date back to about the year 116 CE, is in fact older – […]
A Plovdiv regional prosecutor who volunteered to take part in archaeological excavations at the Bulgarian city’s Great Basilica site has participated in the finding of a human skeleton. Examining the […]
Archaeologists working at the site of the Great Basilica in Plovdiv, the largest early Christian church found on the Balkans, have uncovered a fragment of a mediaeval mural believed to […]
September marks the closing phase of Bulgaria’s annual archaeology season, but the month did not disappoint as digs exposed a Roman-era public building in Sofia, a 3300-year-old home in ancient […]
Bulgarian archaeologists excavating the site of the Great Basilica in Plovdiv have found the remains of what is believed to have been a prominent Christian cleric. The Great Basilica is […]
August is traditionally a peak month for archaeological work in Bulgaria, and in 2016, the month has yielded a wealth of finds, from what is claimed to be the oldest […]
Digs at the ruins at cape Kaliakra on Bulgaria’s northern Black Sea coast have unearthed a gold coin dating to the early 14th century, public broadcaster Bulgarian National Television (BNT) […]
Bulgaria’s Cabinet has authorised the research vessel Stril Explorer to enter the country’s waters to participate in the three-year Black Sea Maritime Archaeology Project, which began in 2015. The Stril […]
