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6,000-Year-Old Submerged Prehistoric Settlement Reveals Black Sea Level Was 5 Meters Lower 5,000 Years Ago

6,000-Year-Old Submerged Prehistoric Settlement Reveals Black Sea Level Was 5 Meters Lower 5,000 Years Ago

November 10, 2020 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Greece, Antiquity, Prehistory, Underwater Archaeology

Underwater archaeologists have discovered that a submerged prehistoric settlement near the mouth of the Ropotamo River in Southeast Bulgaria previously thought to be from the Bronze Age was in fact 1,000 years old, going back to the Chalcolithic (Copper Age),…

Global Treasure Hunting, Antiquities Theft Rise Thanks to Pandemic, Social Media, Report Says

Global Treasure Hunting, Antiquities Theft Rise Thanks to Pandemic, Social Media, Report Says

November 9, 2020 · by Ivan Dikov · in Archaeology (Global), Crime & Law

Treasure hunting for archaeological, historical, and cultural artifacts as well as their direct theft and trafficking are on the rise worldwide due to the effect of the global coronavirus pandemic and thanks to the convenience of social media, according to…

Gold Earring from Egypt’s Fayum Mummy Portraits Discovered in Roman City Deultum in Southeast Bulgaria

Gold Earring from Egypt’s Fayum Mummy Portraits Discovered in Roman City Deultum in Southeast Bulgaria

October 6, 2020 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Rome / Roman Empire, Antiquity

An actual ancient gold earring which can be seen depicted in some of the so called Fayum Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt has been discovered in Southeast Bulgaria by archaeologists excavating the Ancient Roman colony Deultum near the town of…

5 Best Cultural Tour Destinations in the World

5 Best Cultural Tour Destinations in the World

January 23, 2020 · by Editor · in Advertorial, Cultural Tourism

World cultures are intriguing and worth exploring the next time you go on vacation.  From ancient architecture and history to traditional food, music, and clothing, there is so much you can see and do to understand other people around the…

Top 5 Discoveries of Archaeology in This Decade

Top 5 Discoveries of Archaeology in This Decade

December 17, 2019 · by Editor · in Advertorial, Listicles

Our ancestors brought very small footprints on the planet due to which there is hardly anything to record their global existence. With Archaeology, an ever-changing landscape, the experts can reassess the most firmly held views about the bygones.

Which Is the World’s Oldest Gold? The Five Oldest Gold Treasures: All from the 5th Millenium BC, All Found in Bulgaria, All Made by ‘Old Europe’

Which Is the World’s Oldest Gold? The Five Oldest Gold Treasures: All from the 5th Millenium BC, All Found in Bulgaria, All Made by ‘Old Europe’

September 19, 2019 · by Ivan Dikov · in Features, Listicles, Prehistory

Humanity’s thirst for GOLD throughout the last – as it turns out – nearly 7,000 years has been very prominent, and so the question of which the oldest gold in the world is has been captivating the imagination of people…

Bulgaria’s Largest Thracian Mound Proves to Be Tower Tomb Like in Petra, Palmyra, Likely of Roman Emperor Philip I the Arab

Bulgaria’s Largest Thracian Mound Proves to Be Tower Tomb Like in Petra, Palmyra, Likely of Roman Emperor Philip I the Arab

January 16, 2019 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Rome / Roman Empire, Ancient Thrace, Antiquity, Archaeology (Global), Crime & Law

The massive 3rd century AD Antiquity building exposed in July 2018 underneath the Maltepe Mound, Bulgaria’s largest Ancient Thracian burial mound ever, has turned out to be a tower tomb like the ones in ancient Middle East cities such as…

Bulgarian Archaeologist Joins ‘Prehistoric’ Black Sea, Mediterranean Voyage with Reed Boat Built by Uru from Lake Titicaca

Bulgarian Archaeologist Joins ‘Prehistoric’ Black Sea, Mediterranean Voyage with Reed Boat Built by Uru from Lake Titicaca

January 15, 2019 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Greece, Ancient Thrace, Antiquity, Prehistory, Underwater Archaeology

Teodor Rokov, an archeologist from the Varna Museum of Archaeology, will represent Bulgaria in the ABORA IV expedition exploring the prehistoric contacts of the civilizations in the Black Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean through an experimental voyage with a reed…

Ancient Thracian Bird Headed Warship to Be Launched in Bulgaria’s Kazanlak by May 2019, for 'Rose Holidays'

Ancient Thracian Bird Headed Warship to Be Launched in Bulgaria’s Kazanlak by May 2019, for ‘Rose Holidays’

October 21, 2018 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Thrace, Antiquity, Cultural Tourism, Underwater Archaeology

The long-anticipated replica of a “bird headed” Ancient Thracian warship, whose construction began over the past summer in the Central Bulgarian town of Kazanlak, will be launched in the Koprinka Water Reservoir in time for the annual “Rose Holidays” there…

Ancient Thracian ‘Bird Headed’ Warship Already under Construction in Bulgaria’s Kazanlak

Ancient Thracian ‘Bird Headed’ Warship Already under Construction in Bulgaria’s Kazanlak

August 22, 2018 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Thrace, Antiquity, Cultural Tourism, Underwater Archaeology

A replica of a “bird headed” Ancient Thracian warship in already under construction in the Central Bulgarian town of Kazanlak, and will be launched the Koprinka Water Reservoir, whose bottom harbors the ruins of Seuthopolis, the glorious capital of the…

Ancient Egyptian Mummy with Cast Similar to One in Tutankhamun Coffin Found in Supposedly Empty Coffin in Sydney, Australia

Ancient Egyptian Mummy with Cast Similar to One in Tutankhamun Coffin Found in Supposedly Empty Coffin in Sydney, Australia

March 28, 2018 · by Daniel Valandovski · in Archaeology (Global)

An Ancient Egyptian mummy with a cast similar to one found inside a coffin of Tutankhamun has been discovered by accident in 2,500-year-old coffin that had been kept at Sydney University in Australia for 150 years.

Archaeologists Find Statue of Egyptian Goddess Isis, Satyr’s Head at Roman Villa, Nymphaeum in Bulgaria’s Kasnakovo

Archaeologists Find Statue of Egyptian Goddess Isis, Satyr’s Head at Roman Villa, Nymphaeum in Bulgaria’s Kasnakovo

November 17, 2017 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Rome / Roman Empire, Ancient Thrace, Antiquity

A 2nd century AD marble statue of the Ancient Egyptian goddess Isis, who was also worshipped in the wider Greco-Roman world, and a marble head of a satyr, a male companion of ancient wine god Dionysus, have been discovered by…

Bronze Age Discoveries Reveal Ancient Bulgar Capital Pliska Was Settled Much Earlier Than Middle Ages

Bronze Age Discoveries Reveal Ancient Bulgar Capital Pliska Was Settled Much Earlier Than Middle Ages

September 27, 2016 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Thrace, Antiquity, Bulgarian Empire, Middle Ages

Discoveries of a Bronze Age home and artifacts have revealed that the Ancient Bulgar city of Pliska in today’s Northeast Bulgaria, which was the capital of the First Bulgarian Empire (632/680-1018) in 680-893 AD, was settled much earlier than previously…

Renowned Egyptian Archaeologist Zahi Hawass Calls for Defying Terrorists to Protect Archaeological Heritage during Visit to Bulgaria

Renowned Egyptian Archaeologist Zahi Hawass Calls for Defying Terrorists to Protect Archaeological Heritage during Visit to Bulgaria

February 11, 2016 · by Ivan Dikov · in Crime & Law, Cultural Tourism

During a visit in Bulgaria world-famous Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass has called for defying the radical Islamic terrorists in the Middle East in order to protect the archaeological heritage of Ancient Egypt and the other ancient civilizations that existed in…

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