![359 Ottoman Turkish Cannonballs from Danube River Bastion Found by Accident in Bulgaria’s Ruse](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Ottoman-Empire-Turkish-Cannonballs-Ruse-Danube-River-Bulgaria-4.jpg?resize=150%2C150)
359 Ottoman Turkish Cannonballs from Danube River Bastion Found by Accident in Bulgaria’s Ruse
A total of 359 cannonballs from the late period of the Ottoman Empire (Ottoman Turkey), i.e. the 18th – 19th century, have been discovered by chance during construction works in the Danube city of Ruse in Northeast Bulgaria.
![Silver Medieval Venetian Coins Discovered in Rusocastro Fortress in Southeast Bulgaria](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Venice-Coins-Silver-Rusocastro-Fortress-Bulgaria-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150)
Silver Medieval Venetian Coins Discovered in Rusocastro Fortress in Southeast Bulgaria
A total of three silver coins minted in the medieval Republic of Venice, an Italian city-state that was a major power in the Mediterranean, have been discovered in very good condition by archaeologists excavating the fortress of Rusocastro in Southeast…