Maritime Archaeologists Find Bronze Age Settlement under Black Sea’s Seabed off Bulgaria’s Coast
The Black Sea MAP underwater archaeology project, which has discovered some 60 well-preserved ships from the past 2,500 year on the bottom of the Black Sea, has also found and explored an Early Bronze Age settlement off Bulgaria’s coast underneath…
Archaeologists Discover Perfectly Preserved 2000-Year-Old Roman Ship, 20 Other Shipwrecks in Black Sea Off Bulgaria’s Coast
A perfectly preserved almost 2,000-year-old Roman ship is the most intriguing discovery from the third and final research season of the international Black Sea MAP underwater archaeology project – among a total of 20 other previously unknown ancient and medieval…
Bird Headed Ancient Thracian Warship to Be Built near Submerged City of Seuthopolis in Bulgaria’s Kazanlak
A replica of a “bird headed” Ancient Thracian warship will be built in the Central Bulgarian town of Kazanlak, and launched in the Koprinka Water Reservoir, whose bottom harbors the ruins of Seuthopolis, the glorious capital of the Ancient Thracian…
Bulgaria’s Underwater Archaeology Center in Sozopol Seeks to Buy Research Vessel
The Center for Underwater Archaeology, which is based in the Bulgarian Black Sea resort of Sozopol, has announced a tender for the purchase of a new maritime research vessel.
No ‘Biblical Deluge’ but Gradual Ice Age Melting Made Black Sea ‘a Sea’, Archaeologists Find after Underwater Expedition in Bulgaria’s Waters
Hypotheses that the Black Sea became saline and connected with the global ocean as a result of a catastrophic flood ca. 6,000-5,000 BC, which have even been linked by speculations to the Biblical Deluge and the story of Noah’s Ark,…
Pre-Columbian Mediterranean ‘Round’ Ship Discovered for the First Time by Underwater Archaeology Expedition in Bulgaria’s Black Sea Zone
The world’s first ever well preserved sunken “round ship”, a medieval Mediterranean ship which was a precursor to the Age of Discovery vessels such as the ones on which Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic, has been discovered in Bulgaria’s Black…
Diver Stumbles Upon Late Antiquity Amphora Containing Palm Oil near Bulgaria’s Black Sea Resort Sozopol
An amphora from the Late Antiquity still containing palm oil has been discovered by a diver in the Black Sea off the coast of the Bulgarian resort Sozopol, the successor of the Ancient Greek colony of Apollonia Pontica.
Long-time Director of Center for Underwater Archaeology in Bulgaria’s Sozopol Hristina Angelova Has Passed Away
Assist. Prof. Hristina Angelova, the long-time former Director of the Center for Underwater Archaeology based in the Bulgarian Black Sea town of Sozopol, has passed away.
Bulgaria’s National Institute and Museum of Archaeology Publishes Digest of ‘Archaeological Discoveries and Excavations in 2015’
Bulgaria’s National Institute and Museum of Archaeology in Sofia, a body of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, has released its latest publication – a nearly 1000-page digest entitled “Archaeological Discoveries and Excavations in 2015”.
Dutch Vessel Conducts Underwater Microbiology Research in Bulgaria’s Exclusive Economic Zone in Black Sea
The Pelagia, the research vessel of the Netherlands Earth System Science Center (NIOZ), has entered the Bulgarian Exclusive Economic Zone in the Black Sea as part of an expedition collecting microbiology samples, in this case from the anaerobic microbes in…
Bulgaria’s Oceanology Institute Finds Sunken Galley, Explores 500-Year-Old Pirate Ship in Black Sea
At least 10 sunken ancient, medieval, and 19th century ships have been found in the Bulgarian section of the Black Sea during the recent exploration of the proposed route of the South Stream gas transit pipeline, according to experts from…
Underwater Archaeologists from Bulgaria, UK, USA, Sweden, Greece Launch ‘Black Sea Maritime Archaeology Project’
A landmark maritime archaeological study of the Black Sea, The Black Sea Maritime Archaeology Project (Black Sea M.A.P.), has been launched by in the Bulgarian exclusive economic zone by several underwater archaeology institutions from Bulgaria, the UK, the USA, Sweden,…
Bulgaria’s Burgas to Support Underwater Archaeology Efforts for Further Exploration of Burgos (Poros) Fortress
The municipal administration in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Burgas has vowed to begin supporting underwater archaeology efforts in order to help for the further exploration of the ancient port and fortress Burgos (Poros) on Cape Foros.
Greek Research Vessel Arrives in Bulgaria’s Port Varna for Underwater Archaeology Expedition in Black Sea
The Greek research vessel “Aegaeo” has arrived in Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of Varna for the start of an underwater archaeology expedition that will explore the Bulgarian exclusive economic zone, that is, the southwestern section of the Black Sea. “Aegaeo”…
Reports of Submerged Ancient Thracian Capital Seuthopolis’s ‘Resurfacing’ in Koprinka Water Reservoir in Central Bulgaria Prove False
Reports by some Bulgarian media that the ruins of the Ancient Thracian city of Seuthopolis which lies on the bottom of the Koprinka Water Reservior near the town of Kazanlak in Central Bulgaria have “resurfaced” have proven to be false.
Diver Stumbles Upon Sunken Ancient Greek Ship in Black Sea off the Coast of Bulgaria’s Sozopol
An amateur diver has discovered a sunken Ancient Greek ship in the Black Sea, near the St. Ivan (St. John) Island off the coast of the Bulgarian Black Sea resort Sozopol whose name as a Greek colony in the Antiquity…
Bulgaria to Adopt Funding Standards for Underwater Archaeology Explorations
Bulgaria’s Cabinet is planning legislative amendments to the Culture Protection and Development Act which will affect the field of underwater archaeology explorations in the country.
Bulgaria Allows Greek Research Vessel to Conduct UK-Funded Underwater Archaeology Expedition in Its Black Sea Zone
Bulgaria’s Council of Ministers has granted a formal permission to Greek research vessel “Aegaeo” of the Hellenic Center for Marine Research (HCMR) to carry out an underwater archaeology expedition in the Bulgarian territorial waters and exclusive economic zone in the…
Archaeologists Discover Ancient, Medieval Coins, Stone Projectiles in Bulgarian Black Sea Resort Sozopol
Archaeologists who have been excavating a burned down house in the Old Town in Bulgaria’s Black Sea resort Sozopol have discovered a number of intriguing finds from the Antiquity and Middle Ages, including band round shots (cannonballs), i.e. stone projectiles.
Large Sunken Byzantine Ship Discovered in Black Sea off the Coast of Sevastopol on Crimean Peninsula
A large sunken Byzantine ship has been discovered in the Black Sea off the coast of the city of Sevastopol on the Crimean (Taurica) Peninsula by Russian divers from the Rostov-Dive Club.
Bulgarian Institute, University of Southampton to Start Joint Exploration of Black Sea Underwater Archaeology
A large-scale Bulgarian-British project for exploring the underwater archaeology of Bulgaria’s exclusive zone in the Black Sea has been started by the Sozopol-based Center for Underwater Archaeology at the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture and the Center for Maritime Archaeology of…
Bulgarian MPs Move to Protect Sunken Black Sea Ships as Underwater Archaeology Sites
Several Members of the Bulgarian Parliament have signed a petition requesting from three government ministries and three parliamentary committees a policy change designed to protect sunken ships and other objects along Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast as underwater archaeology sites.
Bulgarian, Romanian Archaeologists Find Sunken Wooden Ships, Soviet U-Boats in Underwater Explorations
Bulgarian and Romanian archaeologists have discovered a number of exciting objects off the Black Sea coast as a result of an underwater archaeology project.
Underwater Archaeology Harbors Great Tourism Potential for Bulgaria, Expert Says
Underwater archaeology and the respective cultural tourism that it inspires could be the next big thing for Bulgaria as far as alternative tourism is concerned, according to an expert.