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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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Bulgaria 

Archaeologists investigate graves found at Plovdiv’s Concrete Bridge reconstruction site

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

An archaeological investigation has begun after what local media have described as three ancient graves were found after the demolition

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Field studies to begin on Roman-era Erite site on Bulgaria’s coast

July 5, 2024July 5, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet this week granted the National History Museum free use for three years of a site close to

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Roman emperor Caracalla medallion among finds in Bulgaria’s Nova Varbovka

February 4, 2024February 4, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Veliko Turnovo

A medallion of Caracalla, Roman emperor from 198 to 217 CE, was among finds at the site of Roman graves

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Bulgaria 

Archaeological Season 2023 exhibition at Bulgaria’s National History Museum

February 2, 2024February 2, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

An exhibition entitled “Ancient finds. New discoveries. Archaeological Season 2023” has opened at Bulgaria’s National History Museum in Sofia and

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Exhibition of artefacts from Trebenishte at Bulgaria’s National Archaeological Museum

October 11, 2023October 11, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

An exhibition of 600 finds from the necropolis of Trebenishte is on at the National Archaeological Museum in Bulgaria’s capital

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Project for forum areas in central Plovdiv presented

February 22, 2023February 22, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

The plans drafted by the team of architects, engineers and archaeologists that won the public contract for a design for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s National Archaeological Museum exhibition includes finds made during motorway works

February 15, 2023February 15, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Bulgarian Archaeology 2022, an exhibition that includes finds made during construction of the Hemus and Vidin-Botevgrad motorways, is on at

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Bulgaria 

Cannon estimated to be 200 years old retrieved from Bulgaria’s Black Sea

January 4, 2023January 4, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Two iron naval cannon as well as a number of cannonballs estimated to date from around the end of the

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