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Archaeological dig at Bulgaria’s Perperikon to begin on schedule

June 13, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Bulgarian archaeologist Nikolai Ovcharov said on June 13 that the summer digs at the Perperikon site would go as scheduled

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Bulgarian ‘vampire’ skeleton set to return home

May 31, 2013June 4, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

A year after archaeological digs in the Black Sea town of Sozopol yielded a well-preserved male skeleton buried with a

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Thracian exhibit at archaeological museum in Sofia

April 9, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

The archaeological museum in Bulgarian capital city Sofia is exhibiting several pieces of weaponry and armour attributed to Thracian king

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Bulgarian archaeologist demands funding for Perperikon dig

March 21, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Bulgarian archaeologist Nikolai Ovcharov said on March 21 that he the recent political upheaval in the country threatened to delay

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Archaeological work delays completion of highway in Bulgaria

January 11, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, motorways

Archaeologists and completion of the Trakiya motorway are delaying the construction of Maritsa highway, it has been established by checks

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Bulgarian archaeologists at motorway site seek money

July 18, 2012June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, motorways

The archaeological team working on the route of Bulgaria’s Hemus highway, currently under construction, near Shumen, have run out of

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Bulgarian PM inspects archaeological site at Struma motorway

July 2, 2012June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, motorways

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Lilyana Pavlova and Minister of Culture Vezhdi Rashidov

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Archaeology: New find at a site near Bulgaria’s Vratsa

June 25, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

The archaeological season in the Bulgarian town of Vratsa has started for the summer, and was marked by the discovery

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Bulgaria’s archaeological summer heats up

June 19, 2012May 27, 2013 Hristina Dimitrova archaeology

Bulgaria’s archaeological summer, just like the meteorological one, promises to be very hot. In Sarafovo, near Bourgas on the Black

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