![Top 20 of the Most Popular Stories on ArchaeologyinBulgaria.com in August 2018](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Giant-Skeleton-Silihlyar-Primorsko-Bulgaria-6-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150)
Top 20 of the Most Popular Stories on ArchaeologyinBulgaria.com in August 2018
Following are the 20 most popular stories among the readers of ArchaeologyinBulgaria.com during the month of August 2018.
![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)
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…
![Chalcolithic Necropolis of World’s Oldest Gold Treasure Left Dilapidated in Bulgaria’s Black Sea City Varna](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Varna-Chalcolithic-Necropolis.jpg?resize=150%2C150)
Chalcolithic Necropolis of World’s Oldest Gold Treasure Left Dilapidated in Bulgaria’s Black Sea City Varna
The Varna Chalcolithic Necropolis where the world’s oldest gold treasure was discovered, the impressive Varna Gold Treasure from the 5th millennium BC, has been left dilapidated and unrecognizable for tourists in spite of promises by the local authorities it is…
![Restored Model of 6,000-Year-Old Prehistoric Loom with Pre-Alphabetic Signs on Weights Shown in Bulgaria’s Gorna Oryahovitsa](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Prehistoric-Loom-Weights-History-Museum-Bulgaria-Gorna-Oryahovitsa-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150)
Restored Model of 6,000-Year-Old Prehistoric Loom with Pre-Alphabetic Signs on Weights Shown in Bulgaria’s Gorna Oryahovitsa
A restored model of a prehistoric loom featuring replicas of real 6,000-year-old loom weights decorated with what seem to be pre-alphabetic writing signs has been showcased by the Museum of History in Bulgaria’s Gorna Oryahovitsa.
![Weird Prehistoric ‘Space Rocket’ Artifact from Bulgaria’s Telish Remains Mystery as Renewed Research Finds No Matches](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Archaeologist-Ventsislav-Gergov-Interview-Chalcolithic-Civilization-Copper-Age-Balkans-Bulgaria-Telish-17.jpg?resize=150%2C150)
Weird Prehistoric ‘Space Rocket’ Artifact from Bulgaria’s Telish Remains Mystery as Renewed Research Finds No Matches
An extremely odd prehistoric artifact found in a Chalcolithic (Aeneolithic, Copper Age) settlement from 5,000 BC near Telish in Northwest Bulgaria, which has conditionally been known as a clay model of a “rocket” or a “space ship”, has no archaeological…
![Museum of Sofia History Shows Latest Finds from Bulgaria’s Capital in 4th Annual ‘Archaeology of Sofia Region’ Exhibition](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Archaeology-of-Sofia-and-Sofia-Region-exhibition-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150)
Museum of Sofia History Shows Latest Finds from Bulgaria’s Capital in 4th Annual ‘Archaeology of Sofia Region’ Exhibition
The Museum of Sofia History, a municipal cultural institute of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, also formally known as the Sofia Regional Museum of History, has unveiled its 4th annual exhibition presenting the latest archaeological from the city and its urban…
![5th Millenium BC Prehistoric Settlement near Bulgaria’s Pomorie Was Much Larger Than Known Settlement Mound, Archaeologists Find](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Kozareva-Mogila-Settlement-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150)
5th Millenium BC Prehistoric Settlement near Bulgaria’s Pomorie Was Much Larger Than Known Settlement Mound, Archaeologists Find
The prehistoric settlement known as Kozareva Mogila (“Goat Mound”) near Bulgaria’s Black Sea resort of Pomorie, which dates back to the 5th millenium BC, i.e. the Chalcolithic (Aeneolithic, Copper Age), was substantially larger than the settlement mound known and visible…
![Museum of Sofia History to Open Its 4th Annual ‘Archaeology of Sofia Region’ Exhibition with Latest Finds from Bulgaria’s Capital](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Cupid-Serdica-Museum-of-Sofia-History.jpg?resize=150%2C150)
Museum of Sofia History to Open Its 4th Annual ‘Archaeology of Sofia Region’ Exhibition with Latest Finds from Bulgaria’s Capital
The Museum of Sofia History, a municipal cultural institute of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, also formally known as the Sofia Regional Museum of History, is set to open its 4th annual exhibition showcasing the latest archaeological discoveries in the city…
![Latest Discoveries in Nebet Tepe Fortress Cast Doubt on Status of Bulgaria’s Plovdiv as Oldest City in Europe](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Nebet-Tepe-Fortress-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150)
Latest Discoveries in Nebet Tepe Fortress Cast Doubt on Status of Bulgaria’s Plovdiv as Oldest City in Europe
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…
![Archaeologist Indignant over Damage Done by Tourists, Locals to Ancient, Medieval Nebet Tepe Fortress in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Nebet-Tepe-Fortress-Digs-4.jpg?resize=150%2C150)
Archaeologist Indignant over Damage Done by Tourists, Locals to Ancient, Medieval Nebet Tepe Fortress in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv
Lead archaeologist Sofiya Hristeva has called for ending the unlimited access of tourists and locals to the Ancient Thracian and Ancient Roman Nebet Tepe Fortress in the southern Bulgarian city of Plovdiv because of the damages caused constantly to the…
![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)
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)
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.
![‘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)
‘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…
![Archaeologists Discover First Ever Prehistoric Remains in Downtown of Bulgaria’s Capital Sofia, No Thracian Traces](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Serdica-Prehistory-Sofia-2.jpg?resize=150%2C150)
Archaeologists Discover First Ever Prehistoric Remains in Downtown of Bulgaria’s Capital Sofia, No Thracian Traces
For the very first time archaeologists have found prehistoric traces of human life in the very downtown of Bulgaria’s capital Sofia – 7,000-year-old Chalcolithic (Aeneolithic, Copper Age) pottery – which comes close to the age of the Slatina Neolithic Settlement…
![Silver Wreath from Ancient Thrace’s Roman Era Discovered near Bulgaria’s Prehistoric Dyadovo Settlement Mound](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Silver-Wreath-Dyadovo.jpg?resize=150%2C150)
Silver Wreath from Ancient Thrace’s Roman Era Discovered near Bulgaria’s Prehistoric Dyadovo Settlement Mound
Archaeologists have found parts of a silver wreath dating back to the period after Ancient Thrace was conquered by the Roman Empire (1st-3rd century) during excavations of a burial mound located near the 8,000-year-old Dyadovo Settlement Mound in Southeast Bulgaria.
![German Archaeologists Find 9.7-Million-Year-Old Hominin Teeth in ‘Mystery’ that ‘Could Rewrite History’](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Hominin-Teeth-Mainz-Germany-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150)
German Archaeologists Find 9.7-Million-Year-Old Hominin Teeth in ‘Mystery’ that ‘Could Rewrite History’
A set of fossilized teeth from a pre-human species dating back 9.7 million years ago – a discovery with the potential to “rewrite human history” – have been found by archaeologists near Mainz, Germany.
![6,500-Year-Old Gold Amulet, Child Skull in Building Foundations Discovered in Bulgaria’s Yunatsite Settlement Mound](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Yunatsite-gold-amulet.jpg?resize=150%2C150)
6,500-Year-Old Gold Amulet, Child Skull in Building Foundations Discovered in Bulgaria’s Yunatsite Settlement Mound
An anthropomorphic gold amulet which is some 6,500 years old has been discovered by archaeologists excavating the prehistoric Yunatsite Settlement Mound near Pazardzhik in Southern Bulgaria.
![7.2-Million-Year-Old Pre-Human Remains Found in Bulgaria, Greece Show First Pre-Humans Developed in Balkans, Not Africa](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Pre-humans-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150)
7.2-Million-Year-Old Pre-Human Remains Found in Bulgaria, Greece Show First Pre-Humans Developed in Balkans, Not Africa
In-depth research by an international team of scholars of two roughly 7.2-million-old pre-human fossils discovered in Bulgaria and Greece demonstrates that the split of the human lineage occurred in the Balkans, and not in Africa, as conventionally thought.
![Sofia Awards Bulgarian Archaeologist Vasil Nikolov for Discoveries in Slatina Neolithic Settlement](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Vasil-Nikolov-2.jpg?resize=150%2C150)
Sofia Awards Bulgarian Archaeologist Vasil Nikolov for Discoveries in Slatina Neolithic Settlement
Renowned Bulgarian archaeologist Prof. Vasil Nikolov has been awarded by Sofia Municipality for his long-term research and continuing discoveries of the 8,000-year-old Slatina Neolithic Settlement.
![Archaeologist Vasil Nikolov Elected Vice President of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Vasil-Nikolov.jpg?resize=150%2C150)
Archaeologist Vasil Nikolov Elected Vice President of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Renowned Bulgarian archaeologist Prof. Vasil Nikolov has been elected as one of the three new Vice Presidents of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS).
![Archaeologists Find Roman Fortress Wall, 2nd Century BC Colored Plaster in Nebet Tepe Fortress in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Nebet-Tepe-2.jpg?resize=150%2C150)
Archaeologists Find Roman Fortress Wall, 2nd Century BC Colored Plaster in Nebet Tepe Fortress in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv
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…
![5,000 BC ‘Great Goddess with Hair in a Bun’ Found in Huge Shrine in South Bulgaria Unveiled for the First Time](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Goddess-6.jpg?resize=150%2C150)
5,000 BC ‘Great Goddess with Hair in a Bun’ Found in Huge Shrine in South Bulgaria Unveiled for the First Time
5,000 BC prehistoric depictions of the “Great Goddess Wearing Her Hair in a Bun”, which were discovered in a Late Neolithic shrine in Southern Bulgaria in 2012-2013, have been unveiled to the public for the first time together with numerous…
![Finds in Bulgaria’s Ohoden Show ‘Mediterranean’, ‘Proto-European’ People Formed Joint Prehistoric Civilization in Southeast Europe, Archaeologist Says](https://i0.wp.com/archaeologyinbulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Ohoden-Excavations-2016.jpg?resize=150%2C150)
Finds in Bulgaria’s Ohoden Show ‘Mediterranean’, ‘Proto-European’ People Formed Joint Prehistoric Civilization in Southeast Europe, Archaeologist Says
Recent archaeological discoveries made in the Early Neolithic archaeological site Valoga near Ohoden in Northwest Bulgaria demonstrate that people from two anthropological groups, the Mediterranean and the “Proto-European”, came together to peacefully form a joint prehistoric civilization in Southeast Europe,…