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Archaeological finds from Bulgaria’s Struma Motorway construction go on display

February 14, 2019February 14, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Archaeological finds discovered during the construction of Struma Motorway near Bulgaria’s village of Pokrovnik are among the items on display

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Sixth-century terracotta ‘mask’ of emperor found in Bulgaria’s Varna

February 12, 2019February 25, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Varna

An artefact made of terracotta has been discovered at the Dzhanavara site in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Varna,

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Baby found buried in clay pot at Bulgaria’s mediaeval Turnovo Trapezitsa site

February 12, 2019February 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Archaeologists excavating a mediaeval church on the Trapezitsa hill in Bulgaria’s Veliko Turnovo have found a baby buried in a

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Traces of buildings dating back more than 2000 years found at Plovdiv’s Nebet Tepe site

January 7, 2019January 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

Archaeologists working at the Nebet Tepe site in the Old Town of Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv have found layers of

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: New studies rewrite the history of Ancient Philippopolis – report

January 3, 2019January 8, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

New archaeological studies have proven that in the 4th century BCE, people were living not only on the three hills

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Excavations uncover ancient street in centre of Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

December 18, 2018December 21, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

A street dating back to Plovdiv’s ancient times as the Roman city of Philippopolis has been uncovered during excavations that

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Bulgaria 

Exhibition ‘Apollonia Pontica – In the footsteps of archaeologists’ opens at Sofia Regional History Museum on December 13

December 7, 2018December 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

An exhibition entitled “Apollonia Pontica – In the footsteps of archaeologists” opens at the Sofia Regional History Museum in the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s National History Museum to exhibit gold and silver coins, jewellery found at Kaliakra Fortress

November 27, 2018December 3, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Sofia

Some of the most significant of the hundreds of gold and silver coins, as well as mediaeval jewellery from the

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Bulgaria 

US embassy funding for restoration of Bulgaria’s Sveshtari Thracian tomb

October 23, 2018October 25, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

The US embassy in Bulgaria will finance restoration and preservation efforts at Bulgaria’s Sveshtari Thracian tomb, a Unesco world heritage

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