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Archaeology: Second find of ancient statue at Bulgaria’s Heraclea Sintica site

September 20, 2024September 20, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

A team of archaeologists led by Professor Ludmil Vagalinski has found a second statue dating from antiquity during a dig

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: 13th century gold coin found during dig in Bulgaria

September 10, 2024September 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

A gold coin (Perpera) from the time of John III Doukas Vatatzes, Emperor of Nicaea 1222 – 1254, was among

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Gold artifacts found in grave of Thracian horseman in Bulgaria

August 23, 2024August 23, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Archaeologists carrying out a dig in the village of Kapitan Petko Voivoda in Bulgaria’s Topolovgrad municipality have found gold artifacts

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Third century BCE Thracian temple found fully preserved in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

August 22, 2024August 22, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

A completely preserved Thracian temple, said to date from the third century BCE, has been discovered by archaeologists on the

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Bulgaria 

Archaeologists: Roman-era sarcophagus found on Bulgarian beach is authentic

August 11, 2024August 11, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Varna

The sarcophagus, which was found on a beach in Sv Konstantin i Elena resort near Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of

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Bulgaria 

Sarcophagus said to date from Roman era found on beach in Bulgaria

July 24, 2024July 24, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Varna

A sarcophagus, said by experts to date from the Roman era, has been found “unattended” on a beach in Bulgaria,

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Roman-era inscription found at building demolition site in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

July 12, 2024July 12, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

A fragment of a marble slab with an inscription, believed to date from the time of Roman Emperor Septimius Severus,

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Rare and precious ring found at mediaeval fortress site in Bulgaria

July 11, 2024July 11, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

A rare and precious ring has been discovered during archaeological excavation by the National History Museum in the citadel of

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Glass vessels found in Bulgaria’s Chengene Skele Bay

July 9, 2024July 9, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Bourgas

A total of 112 whole and fragmented glass vessels, likely dating back centuries, were found in June 2024 during underwater

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