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Ancient coins, Stone Age flint tools, grave sites among archaeological finds in Bulgaria in June 2015

June 30, 2015July 3, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

The month of June 2015 is closing with archaeologists in Bulgaria having unearthed a wide range of finds at various

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Bulgaria 

Controversy in Bulgaria’s Karlovo as Muslims object to archaeological dig at mosque

June 30, 2015June 30, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

The Lead Mosque in the Bulgarian town of Karlovo is again at the centre of controversy, with Muslims irate about

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Bulgaria 

Professor: Perperikon may have had a Roman temple to Apollo

June 17, 2015June 17, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Bulgaria’s ancient sacred site of Perperikon may have had a Roman temple dedicated to Apollo, archaeology professor and Perperikon dig

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Bulgaria 

Archaeologists in Plovdiv uncover early Christian mosaics at Great Basilica site

June 12, 2015May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

Archaeologists working at the site of the Great Basilica, the largest early Christian church found in Bulgaria – believed to

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: New excavations of Sofia’s Sveta Nedelya Square to start mid-June

June 8, 2015June 12, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

The first major archaeological excavation of the Sveta Nedelya Square site in central Sofia in 60 years is to begin

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Bulgarian dig at motorway construction site finds Roman villa from time of Constantine the Great

May 21, 2015May 21, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Bulgarian archaeologists working at a site near the village of Mursalevo along the route of the construction of the Struma

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Bulgarian dig finds 8000-year-old ‘double-storey’ houses

May 19, 2015May 20, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Bulgarian archaeologists say that they have found 60 houses from a Neolithic settlement, estimated to date back 8000 years, that

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Bulgaria 

Archaeologists find ‘Ottoman-era’ child’s grave in central Plovdiv

May 6, 2015May 6, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

Archaeologists conducting a dig in central Plovdiv near the Bulgarian National Radio regional headquarters have found the grave of a

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Bulgaria 

PM: Bulgarian government has set aside 220 000 leva for Perperikon archaeological site

April 26, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Bulgaria’s government has allocated 200 000 leva (about 112 400 euro) for excavations and maintenance work at the Perperikon archaeological

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