Archaeology: Third-century inscription with names of Dionysus cult found in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv
Archaeologists working at the Episcopal Basilica site in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv have found a large stone slab, estimated to
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Archaeology: Ancient church found at Bulgaria’s Misionis site
Remnants of a church estimated to date from the end of the First Bulgarian Kingdom – about the 11th century
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Archaeology: Dig team seeks entrance to tomb at Maltepe mound near Plovdiv
The summer 2019 archaeological dig season has begun at the Maltepe mound site near the village of Manole in Bulgaria’s
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Archaeology: Fragment with inscription in Ancient Greek from 2nd century found in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv
A fragment with an inscription in Ancient Greek, dating from the first decades of the second century CE, has been
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Floodwaters inundate Forum archaeological site in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv
The torrential rains that have hit Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv in recent days have flooded the ancient Forum site at
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Archaeology: Finds at Forum site in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv ‘change view of history’
Artefacts found at the Forum West site in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv change the understanding of the history of the
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Bulgarian Academy of Sciences archaeologists find 7600-year-old skeleton
Archaeologists from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) have found a skeleton in the remains of an early Neolithic tomb
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Archaeology: Ancient tomb found near Sofia’s Alexander Nevsky cathedral
An ancient burial chamber, of bricks and masonry and estimated to date from the third to fourth century CE, has
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Exhibition ‘The Rediscovered World of Old Europe’ opens at Plovdiv Archaeological Museum on May 14
An exhibition entitled “The Rediscovered World of Old Europe” displaying archaeological discoveries from all over Bulgaria – with an insured
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