![Mouthless Prehistoric ‘Alien’ Mask Mixing Human, Animal Features Found in Salt Pit Settlement Mound in Bulgaria’s Provadiya](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/prehistoric-town-europe-first-provadiya-solnitsata-salt-pit-bulgaria-4.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
Mouthless Prehistoric ‘Alien’ Mask Mixing Human, Animal Features Found in Salt Pit Settlement Mound in Bulgaria’s Provadiya
A bizarre prehistoric clay mask or a figurine lacking a mouth but featuring both human and animal traits and resembling an “alien” from a sci-fi movie, which dates back to the end of the 5th millennium BC, has been discovered…
![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&ssl=1)
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.
![‘Salt Pit’ Prehistoric Town in Bulgaria’s Provadiya Built Oldest Stone Fortress Walls in Europe to Protect Its Riches, Archaeologist Says](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Provadiya-Solnitsata-Fortress-2.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
‘Salt Pit’ Prehistoric Town in Bulgaria’s Provadiya Built Oldest Stone Fortress Walls in Europe to Protect Its Riches, Archaeologist Says
Some 6,700 years ago the residents of the Solnitsata (“The Salt Pit”) prehistoric town in today’s Provadiya in Northeast Bulgaria built what were Europe’s first fortress walls made of stone in order to protect their riches accumulated from the large-scale…