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Diver finds 2750-year-old gold coin in Bulgaria

September 9, 2014September 14, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

A diver has found what is believed to be the oldest gold coin ever discovered in Bulgaria, Bulgarian news agency

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: 9th century Baths found at Bulgaria’s Pliska

September 9, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Archaeologists working at the site of Pliska, once the capital of the First Bulgarian Kingdom, have uncovered a luxurious royal

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Europe 

Impressive new findings inside Amphipolis tomb in Greece

August 27, 2014August 27, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency archaeology, Greece

Impressive are the new findings revealed from the excavations in the tomb of Kasta, in Amphipolis, by the KH Ephorate

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Bulgaria’s latest ‘vampire’ skeleton found in Plovdiv

August 26, 2014August 26, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

Bulgaria’s collection of “vampire skeletons” – burials in which measures were taken to prevent the deceased from rising as undead – can

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria arrests four for illegal archaeological dig of ancient Roman villa

August 24, 2014August 24, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Police arrested four people who were carrying out an illegal archaeological excavation of an ancient Roman villa in the village

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: 10th Century buckles with imperial symbols found in Bulgaria’s Pliska

August 22, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Valuable buckles with the images of imperial symbols have been found by archaeologists working at the site of medieval Pliska

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Europe 

Global interest for Hellenistic-era tomb in Amphipolis

August 19, 2014August 19, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency archaeology, Greece

The major archaeological discovery of a Hellenistic-era tomb in Amphipolis, in the district of Serres in northern Greece, has attracted

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Europe 

Archaeology: Ancient human burials discovered in Cyprus

August 17, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency archaeology, Cyprus

Archaelogists believe that they discovered what could be the earliest documented formal human burials found in Cyprus to date. The

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Europe 

Archaeological dig finds Amphipolis tomb, Greek PM visits site

August 13, 2014August 13, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency archaeology, Greece

Greek archaeologists may have made a very important discovery at the ancient city of Amphipolis, in north-eastern Greece, after two

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