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Trafficking Channel from Bulgaria to UK, Western Europe Busted, 4,600 Plundered Artifacts Seized

Trafficking Channel from Bulgaria to UK, Western Europe Busted, 4,600 Plundered Artifacts Seized

October 30, 2019 · by Ivan Dikov · in Crime & Law

The Bulgarian and the British police have arrested a total of 9 people for running a trafficking channel for the illegal exports of antiques and archaeological artifacts plundered by treasure hunters in Bulgaria.

Late Bronze Age Settlement Discovered in Northwest Bulgaria in Turkish Stream Gas Pipeline Rescue Digs

Late Bronze Age Settlement Discovered in Northwest Bulgaria in Turkish Stream Gas Pipeline Rescue Digs

May 22, 2019 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Rome / Roman Empire, Ancient Thrace, Antiquity, Bulgarian Empire, Byzantine Empire, Middle Ages, Ottoman Empire, Prehistory

A settlement originally dating back to the Late Bronze Age, which was also subsequently inhabited in the Thracian and Roman Antiquity, and the Middle Age, has been discovered by archaeologists near Rasovo in Northwest Bulgaria during rescue excavation on the…

Bulgaria’s Archaeology Institute Makes 10th Annual Christmas Donation to Neonatology Ward in Montana’s Hospital

Bulgaria’s Archaeology Institute Makes 10th Annual Christmas Donation to Neonatology Ward in Montana’s Hospital

December 24, 2016 · by Ivan Dikov · in Museums & Institutes

The team of the National Institute and Museum of Archaeology in Sofia has made its traditional Christmas donation to the hospital in the city of Montana in Northwest Bulgaria.

Bulgaria’s Montana Reopens Fully Renovated History Museum Exhibiting Ancient Thracian Treasure from Yakimovo

Bulgaria’s Montana Reopens Fully Renovated History Museum Exhibiting Ancient Thracian Treasure from Yakimovo

October 16, 2016 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Rome / Roman Empire, Ancient Thrace, Antiquity, Bulgarian Empire, Cultural Tourism, Middle Ages, Prehistory

The fully renovated building of the Regional Museum of History in the northwestern Bulgarian city of Montana, the successor of Ancient Roman city and fortress Castra ad Montanesium, has been reopened with an exhibition of an Ancient Thracian treasure, the…

Police Seize over 400 Archaeological Artifacts from Treasure Hunter in Northwest Bulgaria

Police Seize over 400 Archaeological Artifacts from Treasure Hunter in Northwest Bulgaria

April 27, 2016 · by Ivan Dikov · in Antiquity, Crime & Law

Over 400 archaeological artifacts acquired through illegal excavations have been seized from a treasure hunter by the police in the town of Slatina, Berkovitsa Municipality, Montana District, in Northwest Bulgaria.

National Archaeology Institute Makes Annual Christmas Donation to Neonatology Ward in Bulgaria’s Montana

National Archaeology Institute Makes Annual Christmas Donation to Neonatology Ward in Bulgaria’s Montana

December 30, 2015 · by Ivan Dikov · in Museums & Institutes

The team of the National Institute and Museum of Archaeology in Sofia has made its 9th annual Christmas donation to the hospital in the city of Montana in Northwest Bulgaria.

Bulgarian Archaeologists Discover Gate of Ancient Roman City Almus in Danube Town of Lom

Bulgarian Archaeologists Discover Gate of Ancient Roman City Almus in Danube Town of Lom

July 14, 2015 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Rome / Roman Empire, Antiquity, Bulgarian Empire, Byzantine Empire, Cultural Tourism, Middle Ages

Bulgarian archaeologists carrying out rescue excavations in the Ancient Thracian and Roman, early Byzanine, and medieval Bulgarian city of Almus, whose ruins are located in today’s Danube town of Lom, have discovered one of its gates.

Archaeologists Uncover Ruins of Thracian, Roman City Almus in Bulgaria’s Lom during Construction

Archaeologists Uncover Ruins of Thracian, Roman City Almus in Bulgaria’s Lom during Construction

July 8, 2015 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Rome / Roman Empire, Ancient Thrace, Antiquity

Part of the ruins of the Ancient Thracian and Roman, early Byzanine, and medieval Bulgarian city of Almus have been uncovered in the Bulgarian Danube town of Lom during construction works for the rehabilitation of the town’s water supply and…

Bulgaria’s Montana Reenacts Ancient Thracian Food and Wine Rituals at Restored Fortress Montanesium

Bulgaria’s Montana Reenacts Ancient Thracian Food and Wine Rituals at Restored Fortress Montanesium

May 31, 2015 · by Daniel Valandovski · in Ancient Rome / Roman Empire, Ancient Thrace, Antiquity, Christianity, Cultural Tourism

Reenactments of Ancient Thracian food and wine rituals have been presented at a performance held at the restored Ancient Thracian and Roman fortress of Montanesium in the northwestern Bulgarian city of Montana.

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