![‘Earliest Dispersal of Modern Humans’ in Eurasia’s Mid-Latitudes, Regular Mixing with Neanderthals Revealed by 46,000-Year-Old Remains from Bulgaria’s Bacho Kiro Cave](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/bach-kiro-cave-bulgaria-paleolithic-neanderthal-prehistoric-people-europe-3.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
‘Earliest Dispersal of Modern Humans’ in Eurasia’s Mid-Latitudes, Regular Mixing with Neanderthals Revealed by 46,000-Year-Old Remains from Bulgaria’s Bacho Kiro Cave
An international team of scientists has arrived at crucial conclusions about the earliest spreading of modern humans throughout Eurasia and the Americas and about their mixing with Neanderthals in the Upper Paleolithic based on years of research of human remains…
![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’](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Worlds-Oldest-Gold-1-Varna-Gold-Treasure-Bulgaria-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
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’
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…
![Invaluable Magura Cave with Prehistoric Drawings Vandalized with Scrawls in Northwest Bulgaria](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Magura-Cave-Prehistoric-Drawings-Bulgaria-Vandalism-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
Invaluable Magura Cave with Prehistoric Drawings Vandalized with Scrawls in Northwest Bulgaria
The Magura Cave in Northwest Bulgaria featuring invaluable prehistoric cave drawings from as early as 8,000 – 6,000 BC, a candidate for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites, has been vandalized with scrawls by unknown persons.
![Bulgaria’s Nikopol to Build Fishing Settlements from Paleolithic till Middle Ages in New Danube Archaeological Park](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Fishing-Settlements-Nikopol-Danube-Bulgaria-Romania-Archaeological-Park-Bridges-of-Time-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
Bulgaria’s Nikopol to Build Fishing Settlements from Paleolithic till Middle Ages in New Danube Archaeological Park
An archaeological park with a total of five fishing settlements recreating fishermen’s in the Paleolithic (Old Stone Age), Chalcolithic (Copper Age, Aeneolithic), the Bronze Age, the Roman Antiquity, and the Middle Ages will be built by the Danube town of…
![13th Century Woman Buried in Bulgaria’s Rahovets Fortress Had 12,000-Year-Old Gene Mutation of Europe’s Last Hunter-Gatherers](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Rahovets-Fortress-Iron-Age-Late-Antiquity-Middle-Ages-Bulgaria-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
13th Century Woman Buried in Bulgaria’s Rahovets Fortress Had 12,000-Year-Old Gene Mutation of Europe’s Last Hunter-Gatherers
A 13th century woman, whose grave was discovered in 2017 in the Antiquity and medieval Rahovets Fortress in Central North Bulgaria, has turned to carry a 12,000-year-old gene mutation from Europe’s last nomads, hunter-gatherers who wandered through the continent as…
![Latest Finds in Paleolithic Bacho Kiro Cave in Central Bulgaria Imply Coexistence of Early Homo Sapiens and Neanderthals](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Bacho-Kiro-Cave-Paleolithic-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
Latest Finds in Paleolithic Bacho Kiro Cave in Central Bulgaria Imply Coexistence of Early Homo Sapiens and Neanderthals
The findings from the latest archaeological excavations at the Bacho Kiro Cave near Dryanovo in Central Bulgaria, a Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) site, have led to the conclusion that early Homo sapiens and Neanderthals coexisted in the area.
![Facebook Apologizes for Censoring ‘Dangerously Pornographic’ Venus of Willendorf, World’s Top Prehistoric Female Figurine](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Venus-of-Willendorf-3.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
Facebook Apologizes for Censoring ‘Dangerously Pornographic’ Venus of Willendorf, World’s Top Prehistoric Female Figurine
Facebook has apologized for the “mistake” it made when it recently censored an image of the world’s most famous prehistoric female figurine, the 30,000-year-old Venus of Willendorf kept at the Natural History Museum in Vienna.
![Vienna Museum Slams Facebook for Censoring Prehistoric ‘Venus of Willendorf’ Female Figurine as ‘Dangerously Pornographic’](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Venus-of-Willendorf-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
Vienna Museum Slams Facebook for Censoring Prehistoric ‘Venus of Willendorf’ Female Figurine as ‘Dangerously Pornographic’
The Natural History Museum in Vienna has lashed out against Facebook after the world’s largest social media censored as “dangerously pornographic” an image of the some 30,000-year-old “Venus of Willendorf”, the most famous prehistoric female figurine in the world.
Durankulak Lake Paleolithic & Neolithic Settlement – Durankulak, Bulgaria
The Durankulak Archaeological Preserve is located near the Black Sea coast and Bulgaria’s land border with Romania; it features several archaeological sites from different ages, the most ancient one dating back to the Paleolithic and Neolithic Era, and the most…
![Bulgaria Presents in Paris Prehistoric Drawings from Magura Cave with Photo Exhibit](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/magura-cave.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
Bulgaria Presents in Paris Prehistoric Drawings from Magura Cave with Photo Exhibit
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.
![National Institute and Museum of Archaeology in Sofia Publishes Catalog of ‘Bulgarian Archaeology’ 2015 Exhibit](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Cover-Catalog.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
National Institute and Museum of Archaeology in Sofia Publishes Catalog of ‘Bulgarian Archaeology’ 2015 Exhibit
Bulgaria’s National Institute and Museum of Archaeology has publish the official catalog of its 9th annual exhibition entitled “Bulgarian Archaeology” which presents the results from the last archaeological season.
![National Institute and Museum of Archaeology in Sofia Opens ‘Bulgarian Archaeology’ 2015 Exhibition](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Bulgarian-Archaeology-Exhibition-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
National Institute and Museum of Archaeology in Sofia Opens ‘Bulgarian Archaeology’ 2015 Exhibition
Bulgaria’s National Institute and Museum of Archaeology has opened its 9th annual exhibition entitled “Bulgarian Archaeology” which presents the results from the last archaeological season, including the most intriguing newly discovered artifacts.
![Bulgaria Enlists Spanish Experts on Prehistoric Art from Altamira Museum to Assess Condition of Magura Cave Paintings](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Magura-Cave-Drawings-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
Bulgaria Enlists Spanish Experts on Prehistoric Art from Altamira Museum to Assess Condition of Magura Cave Paintings
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.
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