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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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Vampire souvenirs are in high demand

June 15, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

The Sozopol souvenir shops urgently are placing orders for Dracula souvenirs, as it turns out that the Sozopol “vampire” and

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Bulgaria’s ‘vampire’ saga continues

June 11, 2012May 27, 2013 Hristina Dimitrova archaeology

After the finding in recent days of “vampire” burials in Sozopol, Bulgaria’s archaeological vampire saga took a new twist with

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Bulgaria News 

Archaeology: Electricity workers in Plovdiv find fourth-century CE tomb

June 6, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

A fourth-century tomb with a mural depicting the figure of a man has been found by electricity supply utility EVN

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