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Latest Discoveries in Nebet Tepe Fortress Cast Doubt on Status of Bulgaria’s Plovdiv as Oldest City in Europe

Latest Discoveries in Nebet Tepe Fortress Cast Doubt on Status of Bulgaria’s Plovdiv as Oldest City in Europe

March 26, 2018 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome / Roman Empire, Ancient Thrace, Bulgarian Empire, Byzantine Empire, Middle Ages, Ottoman Empire, Prehistory

The latest excavations of the Ancient Thracian and Ancient Roman Nebet Tepe Fortress in the southern Bulgarian city of Plovdiv have revealed issues with earlier archaeological research casting doubt on whether Plovdiv indeed was the oldest city in Europe, while…

Maritime Archaeologists Find Bronze Age Settlement under Black Sea's Seabed off Bulgaria’s Coast

Maritime Archaeologists Find Bronze Age Settlement under Black Sea’s Seabed off Bulgaria’s Coast

October 17, 2017 · by Ivan Dikov · in Prehistory, Underwater Archaeology

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…

Treasure Hunters Raid Bronze Age Burial Mound in Denmark’s Jutland

Treasure Hunters Raid Bronze Age Burial Mound in Denmark’s Jutland

October 11, 2017 · by Ivan Dikov · in Archaeology (Global)

In a related news story, treasure hunters have robbed a burial mound in Denmark’s Jutland Peninsula (Cimbric or Cimbrian Peninsula), which is believed to have dated back to the Bronze Age, The Copenhagen Post Online reports citing Nordjyske.

3,400-Year-Old Encrusted Ceramics Discovered in Bronze Age Necropolis at Bulgaria’s Danube Town of Baley

3,400-Year-Old Encrusted Ceramics Discovered in Bronze Age Necropolis at Bulgaria’s Danube Town of Baley

September 25, 2017 · by Ivan Dikov · in Prehistory

A large number of uniquely decorated ceramic vessels from ca 1400 BC have been described during archaeological excavations in the necropolis of a Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age settlement near the Danube town of Baley, Vidin District, in…

Archaeologists Find Roman Fortress Wall, 2nd Century BC Colored Plaster in Nebet Tepe Fortress in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

Archaeologists Find Roman Fortress Wall, 2nd Century BC Colored Plaster in Nebet Tepe Fortress in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

January 2, 2017 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Rome / Roman Empire, Ancient Thrace, Antiquity, Bulgarian Empire, Byzantine Empire, Middle Ages, Ottoman Empire

A previously unknown part of a fortress wall from the Roman Era and numerous fragments of plaster which are even older are the latest archaeological discoveries from the 2016 excavations of Nebet Tepe, the prehistoric, ancient, and medieval settlement and…

Archaeologists Find Medieval Marketplace of Rahovets Fortress near Bulgaria’s Gorna Oryahovitsa

Archaeologists Find Medieval Marketplace of Rahovets Fortress near Bulgaria’s Gorna Oryahovitsa

November 7, 2016 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Thrace, Antiquity, Bulgarian Empire, Byzantine Empire, Middle Ages

A medieval square which hosted the marketplace of the Rahovets Fortress near the town of Gorna Oryahovitsa in Central North Bulgaria has been discovered during its 2016 summer archaeological excavations.

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…

Archaeologists Discover Necropolis in Ancient, Medieval Fortress Nebet Tepe in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

Archaeologists Discover Necropolis in Ancient, Medieval Fortress Nebet Tepe in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

September 5, 2016 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Rome / Roman Empire, Ancient Thrace, Antiquity, Bulgarian Empire, Byzantine Empire, Middle Ages

A necropolis and a large amount of marble fragments, among numerous other finds, have been discovered by the archaeologists excavating Nebet Tepe, the prehistoric, ancient, and medieval settlement and fortress, to which the city of Plovdiv owes the title of…

Archaeologists Discover 3,300-Year-Old Vessel near Bulgaria’s Razlog Testifying to Thracian Ties with Ancient Mycenae

Archaeologists Discover 3,300-Year-Old Vessel near Bulgaria’s Razlog Testifying to Thracian Ties with Ancient Mycenae

August 25, 2016 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Greece, Ancient Thrace, Antiquity

A partly preserved alabastron, a vessel for perfumes, from Ancient Mycenae has been discovered by archaeologists excavating a 3,300-year-old fortified Bronze Age settlement near the town of Banya, Razlog Municipality, in Southwest Bulgaria.

Archaeologists to Excavate Four Ancient Thracian Sites with Funding from Bulgarian State Mining Company

Archaeologists to Excavate Four Ancient Thracian Sites with Funding from Bulgarian State Mining Company

August 11, 2016 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Thrace, Antiquity

A total of four Ancient Thracian archaeological sites, including two burial mounds and two settlements, are to be researched by four archaeological teams in rescue excavations funded by Bulgaria’s state-owned coal mining company Maritsa East Mines Jsc.

Bulgaria Presents in Paris Prehistoric Drawings from Magura Cave with Photo Exhibit

Bulgaria Presents in Paris Prehistoric Drawings from Magura Cave with Photo Exhibit

July 3, 2016 · by Ivan Dikov · in Prehistory

The Bulgarian Cultural Institute in Paris, France, has opened a photo exhibition on the prehistoric paintings in the Magura Cave located near the town of Rabisha, Belogradchik Municipality, in Northwest Bulgaria.

Archaeologists Start First Ever Excavations of Buzovo Kale Fortress near Bulgaria’s Kazanlak

Archaeologists Start First Ever Excavations of Buzovo Kale Fortress near Bulgaria’s Kazanlak

June 10, 2016 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Rome / Roman Empire, Ancient Thrace, Antiquity, Bulgarian Empire, Byzantine Empire, Christianity, Cultural Tourism, Middle Ages, Ottoman Empire

A team of archaeologists has started the first ever excavations of the Early Byzantine, and medieval Bulgarian fortress of Buzovo Kale near the towns of Buzovgrad and Kazanlak in Central Bulgaria.

Bulgaria’s Gorna Oryahovitsa Starts 2016 Excavations of Ancient, Medieval Fortress Rahovets

Bulgaria’s Gorna Oryahovitsa Starts 2016 Excavations of Ancient, Medieval Fortress Rahovets

June 9, 2016 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Thrace, Antiquity, Bulgarian Empire, Byzantine Empire, Middle Ages, Prehistory

An archaeological team has started the 2016 summer excavations of the ancient and medieval fortress Rahovets located near the town of Gorna Oryahovitsa and the city of Veliko Tarnovo in Central North Bulgaria.

Unseen Prehistoric Arms, Ancient & Medieval Swords Made Public for the First Time in Special Exhibit in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

Unseen Prehistoric Arms, Ancient & Medieval Swords Made Public for the First Time in Special Exhibit in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

May 18, 2016 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome / Roman Empire, Ancient Thrace, Antiquity, Bulgarian Empire, Byzantine Empire, Middle Ages, Ottoman Empire, Prehistory

A medieval sword depicting the Holy Mother of God (Virgin Mary) and hundreds of other samples of prehistoric, ancient, and medieval arms originating in Bulgaria, which have never been made public before, have been exhibited by the Museum of Archaeology…

Lovech Museum of History Presents Exhibit on Ancient Thracian Aristocracy in Bulgaria’s Shumen

Lovech Museum of History Presents Exhibit on Ancient Thracian Aristocracy in Bulgaria’s Shumen

February 21, 2016 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Thrace, Antiquity, Cultural Tourism

The Regional Museum of History in the city of Shumen in Northeast Bulgaria has unveiled an exhibition on the Ancient Thracian aristocracy with archaeological artifacts from the collection of the Regional Museum of History in the city of Lovech.

History Museum in Bulgaria’s Pleven, Ancient Fortress Storgosia, Roman Colony Ulpia Oescus See Major Growth in Visitor Numbers

History Museum in Bulgaria’s Pleven, Ancient Fortress Storgosia, Roman Colony Ulpia Oescus See Major Growth in Visitor Numbers

December 26, 2015 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Rome / Roman Empire, Ancient Thrace, Antiquity, Bulgarian Empire, Byzantine Empire, Cultural Tourism, Middle Ages

The Regional Museum of History in the northern Bulgarian city of Pleven, and the two archaeological sites that it manages – the Late Antiquity and medieval fortress of Storgosia (Dianensium), known as Pleun in the Middle Ages, and the huge…

Ancient Thracian Gold Laurel Wreath Which May Have Originated in Ancient Troy Turned In to Bulgaria’s National Museum of History

Ancient Thracian Gold Laurel Wreath Which May Have Originated in Ancient Troy Turned In to Bulgaria’s National Museum of History

December 17, 2015 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Thrace, Antiquity

An authentic Ancient Thracian gold laurel wreath, which most probably had been dug up by treasure hunters somewhere in Southern Bulgaria and smuggled abroad, has been turned in to the National Museum of History in Sofia.

Archaeologists Discover 3,000-Year-Old Ancient Thracian Necropolis with Gold Finds during Rescue Digs near Bulgaria’s Dragoman

Archaeologists Discover 3,000-Year-Old Ancient Thracian Necropolis with Gold Finds during Rescue Digs near Bulgaria’s Dragoman

December 13, 2015 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Rome / Roman Empire, Ancient Thrace, Antiquity

An Ancient Thracian necropolis which is more than 3,000 years old, and contains gold decorations has been discovered by archaeologists during rescue excavations in Western Bulgaria.

Museum in Bulgaria’s Kazanlak Gets Long-Awaited Government Permit to Excavate Medieval Fortress Buzovo Kale

Museum in Bulgaria’s Kazanlak Gets Long-Awaited Government Permit to Excavate Medieval Fortress Buzovo Kale

November 25, 2015 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Rome / Roman Empire, Ancient Thrace, Antiquity, Bulgarian Empire, Byzantine Empire, Christianity, Cultural Tourism, Middle Ages, Ottoman Empire

The team of the “Iskra” (“Spark”) History Museum in the central Bulgarian town of Kazanlak has been granted a permit to carry out rescue excavations of the Early Byzantine, and medieval Bulgarian fortress of Buzovo Kale near the town of…

Archaeologists Conserve Newly Excavated Ancient and Medieval Fortress Rahovets near Bulgaria’s Gorna Oryahovitsa

Archaeologists Conserve Newly Excavated Ancient and Medieval Fortress Rahovets near Bulgaria’s Gorna Oryahovitsa

November 7, 2015 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Thrace, Antiquity, Bulgarian Empire, Byzantine Empire, Cultural Tourism, Middle Ages, Prehistory

The Municipality of Gorna Oryahovitsa in Central North Bulgaria has taken steps for the temporary conservation of the ancient and medieval fortress Rahovets which was excavated in the summer of 2015, the first digs there since 1991.

Bulgaria Enlists Spanish Experts on Prehistoric Art from Altamira Museum to Assess Condition of Magura Cave Paintings

Bulgaria Enlists Spanish Experts on Prehistoric Art from Altamira Museum to Assess Condition of Magura Cave Paintings

October 28, 2015 · by Ivan Dikov · in Cultural Tourism, Prehistory

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Culture has enlisted the help of leading Spanish experts on prehistoric art for assessing the condition of the Late Paleolithic and Neolithic paintings in the Magura Cave near the town of Rabisha, Belogradchik Municipality, in Northwest Bulgaria.

Archaeologists Discover 10 Graves in Necropolis of Bronze Age Danube River Culture near Bulgaria’s Baley

Archaeologists Discover 10 Graves in Necropolis of Bronze Age Danube River Culture near Bulgaria’s Baley

October 27, 2015 · by Ivan Dikov · in Prehistory

A total of 10 graves from the necropolis of a Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age settlement located near the town of Baley, Vidin District, in Northwest Bulgaria, have been discovered and explored during the 2015 excavations of the…

Archaeologist Finds Wooden Homes on Platforms: First Ever Middle Bronze Age Discoveries in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

Archaeologist Finds Wooden Homes on Platforms: First Ever Middle Bronze Age Discoveries in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

October 18, 2015 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Rome / Roman Empire, Ancient Thrace, Antiquity, Bulgarian Empire, Byzantine Empire, Middle Ages, Prehistory

Structures dating back to the 1900-1700 BC, i.e. the Middle Bronze Age, which are remains from wooden homes, have been discovered for the first time in the southern Bulgarian city of Plovdiv, also known as the oldest city in Europe.

Archaeologists Find Early Bronze Age Home inside Ancient and Medieval Fortress Rahovets near Bulgaria’s Gorna Oryahovitsa

Archaeologists Find Early Bronze Age Home inside Ancient and Medieval Fortress Rahovets near Bulgaria’s Gorna Oryahovitsa

October 8, 2015 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Rome / Roman Empire, Ancient Thrace, Antiquity, Bulgarian Empire, Byzantine Empire, Middle Ages, Prehistory

A home dating back to the Early Bronze Age period has been found during the 2015 summer excavations of the ancient and medieval fortress Rahovets near the town of Gorna Oryahovitsa in Central North Bulgaria, which have been the first…

Bulgaria’s Razlog Unveils Restoration of 2nd Century BC Reliefs from Ancient Thracian Sun Shrine

Bulgaria’s Razlog Unveils Restoration of 2nd Century BC Reliefs from Ancient Thracian Sun Shrine

September 18, 2015 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Thrace, Antiquity, Cultural Tourism

Ornate Ancient Thracian relief marble steles from a Thracian shrine dedicated to the sun have been restored in the southwestern Bulgarian town of Razlog, with a permanent open-air exhibition of replicas of the steles being unveiled in its downtown.

Archaeology Museum in Bulgaria’s Silistra Presents Newly Found Bronze Age Tools Seized from Treasure Hunters

Archaeology Museum in Bulgaria’s Silistra Presents Newly Found Bronze Age Tools Seized from Treasure Hunters

May 21, 2015 · by Ivan Dikov · in Prehistory

The Museum of Archaeology in Bulgaria’s Danube city of Silistra has shown to the public for the first time a newly discovered “prehistoric treasure” of 22 copper adzes from the Bronze Age that have been confiscated from local treasure hunters…

Bulgarian Archaeologists Stumble Upon ‘Oldest Children’s Toy in Europe’: Late Bronze Age Thracian Toy Stork

Bulgarian Archaeologists Stumble Upon ‘Oldest Children’s Toy in Europe’: Late Bronze Age Thracian Toy Stork

May 5, 2015 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Thrace, Antiquity, Cultural Tourism

An Ancient Thracian bronze artifact in the shape of a stork’s head described as “the oldest children’s toy in Europe” has been identified by Bulgarian archaeologists among archaeological items found by local residents in the area of the southern town…

Bulgaria’s Kardzhali Signs Grant Contract for Restoration of Ancient, Medieval Rock City Perperikon

April 24, 2015 · by Daniel Valandovski · in Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome / Roman Empire, Ancient Thrace, Antiquity, Bulgarian Empire, Cultural Tourism, Middle Ages

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Culture and the southern Kardzhali Municipality have signed a grant contract for the restoration of the medieval Bulgarian fortress of Perperikon, which also harbors a prehistoric, Ancient Thracian and Roman rock city, with funding provided from the…

Archaeologists from Bulgaria’s Kazanlak Seek Excavation Permit for Late Antiquity, Medieval Fortress Buzovo Kale

Archaeologists from Bulgaria’s Kazanlak Seek Excavation Permit for Late Antiquity, Medieval Fortress Buzovo Kale

April 20, 2015 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Rome / Roman Empire, Antiquity, Bulgarian Empire, Byzantine Empire, Cultural Tourism, Middle Ages, Ottoman Empire

The team of History Museum “Iskra” (“Spark”) in the central Bulgarian town of Kazanlak is expecting a permission to carry out excavations at the Late Roman, Early Byzantine, and medieval Bulgarian fortress of Buzovo Kale in the town of Buzovgrad.

Bulgaria’s Archaeological Excavations Underfunded by Culture Ministry, Archaeologist Says

Bulgaria’s Archaeological Excavations Underfunded by Culture Ministry, Archaeologist Says

April 6, 2015 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Rome / Roman Empire, Antiquity, Bulgarian Empire, Christianity, Middle Ages, Prehistory

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Culture will provide only BGN 500,000 (app. EUR 255,000) for the numerous archaeological excavations throughout the country in 2015, archaeologists Olya Milanova from the Regional Museum of History in the northwestern city of Vidin, has pointed out.

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