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6,000-Year-Old Submerged Prehistoric Settlement Reveals Black Sea Level Was 5 Meters Lower 5,000 Years Ago

6,000-Year-Old Submerged Prehistoric Settlement Reveals Black Sea Level Was 5 Meters Lower 5,000 Years Ago

November 10, 2020 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Greece, Antiquity, Prehistory, Underwater Archaeology

Underwater archaeologists have discovered that a submerged prehistoric settlement near the mouth of the Ropotamo River in Southeast Bulgaria previously thought to be from the Bronze Age was in fact 1,000 years old, going back to the Chalcolithic (Copper Age),…

Sunken Glass Treasure Discovered in Black Sea Underwater Archaeology Expedition near Bulgaria’s Burgas

Sunken Glass Treasure Discovered in Black Sea Underwater Archaeology Expedition near Bulgaria’s Burgas

October 4, 2020 · by Ivan Dikov · in Modern Era, Other History, Underwater Archaeology

A sunken treasure of luxury glass vessels and other artifacts from the 17th century has been discovered in the Black Sea off the coast of Bulgaria’s Burgas in an underwater archaeology expedition.

Bulgaria's Burgas Starts Turning Black Sea Fishing Village into Mediterranean Style Ethnographic Complex

Bulgaria’s Burgas Starts Turning Black Sea Fishing Village into Mediterranean Style Ethnographic Complex

October 1, 2020 · by Ivan Dikov · in Cultural Tourism, Modern Era, Other History

The Black Sea city of Burgas in Southeast Bulgaria has begun a project to fashion it’s emblematic fishing village and port Chengene Skele into a Mediterranean-style ethnographic complex.

Disc-Like Copper Ingots Found in Ancient Shipwreck at Bulgaria’s Black Sea Coast Similar to Gelidonya, Uluburun Shipwrecks of Mediterranean Turkey

Disc-Like Copper Ingots Found in Ancient Shipwreck at Bulgaria’s Black Sea Coast Similar to Gelidonya, Uluburun Shipwrecks of Mediterranean Turkey

April 18, 2020 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Rome / Roman Empire, Ancient Thrace, Antiquity, Underwater Archaeology

A set of ancient copper ingots shaped as discs have been found in a shipwreck near a Black Sea cape in Southeast Bulgaria shedding light on the maritime trade of the Ancient Thracians during the Late Bronze Age (second half…

5 Incredible Underwater Discoveries by Black Sea MAP in Bulgaria’s Zone: From Ancient Sunken Ships to the Biblical Deluge

5 Incredible Underwater Discoveries by Black Sea MAP in Bulgaria’s Zone: From Ancient Sunken Ships to the Biblical Deluge

January 5, 2019 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome / Roman Empire, Antiquity, Bulgarian Empire, Byzantine Empire, Listicles, Middle Ages, Modern Era, Other History, Ottoman Empire, Prehistory, Underwater Archaeology

2018 was the third and last year of the Black Sea Maritime Archaeology Project (Black Sea M.A.P.), an international research endeavor which has made previously unimaginable underwater archaeology discoveries, in terms of ancient sunken ships and not only, in Bulgaria’s…

Sunken Roman Ship from 2nd-3rd Century AD Discovered in Black Sea off Crimea’s Coast

Sunken Roman Ship from 2nd-3rd Century AD Discovered in Black Sea off Crimea’s Coast

August 14, 2018 · by Ivan Dikov · in Archaeology (Global), Underwater Archaeology

A well-preserved sunken Roman ship from the 2nd-3rd century AD has been discovered by a Russian underwater archaeology expedition in the Black Sea, off the coast of Balaklava on the Crimean Peninsula.

2,500-Year-Old Sunken Ancient Greek Ship Used to Sail to Crimea Discovered in Ukraine’s Black Sea Waters

2,500-Year-Old Sunken Ancient Greek Ship Used to Sail to Crimea Discovered in Ukraine’s Black Sea Waters

August 13, 2018 · by Ivan Dikov · in Archaeology (Global), Underwater Archaeology

An approximately 2,500-year-old sunken Ancient Greek ship, likely the oldest known in the Northern Black Sea, and used by the Ancient Greeks to sail to the Crimean Peninsula, has been discovered by underwater archaeologists in the Black Sea near Ukraine’s…

St. Anastasia Island in Black Sea Is Top Cultural Tourism Destination in Bulgaria’s Burgas, Mayor Says

St. Anastasia Island in Black Sea Is Top Cultural Tourism Destination in Bulgaria’s Burgas, Mayor Says

April 24, 2018 · by Ivan Dikov · in Cultural Tourism

Bulgaria’s tiny Black Sea island of St. Anastasia located off the coast of the city of Burgas is one of the city’s top cultural tourism destinations, its Mayor has declared.

Storm Sinks Ship Used to Take Tourists to Bulgaria’s St. Anastasia Island in Black Sea off Coast of Burgas

Storm Sinks Ship Used to Take Tourists to Bulgaria’s St. Anastasia Island in Black Sea off Coast of Burgas

February 26, 2018 · by Ivan Dikov · in Cultural Tourism

A severe storm has sunken the Cook ship which during the summer usually takes tourists to the small Black Sea island of St. Anastasia located off the coast of the city of Burgas, one of Bulgaria’s most interesting new cultural…

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…

Archaeologists Discover Perfectly Preserved 2000-Year-Old Roman Ship, 20 Other Shipwrecks in Black Sea Off Bulgaria’s Coast

Archaeologists Discover Perfectly Preserved 2000-Year-Old Roman Ship, 20 Other Shipwrecks in Black Sea Off Bulgaria’s Coast

October 15, 2017 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome / Roman Empire, Antiquity, Bulgarian Empire, Byzantine Empire, Middle Ages, Ottoman Empire, Underwater Archaeology

A perfectly preserved almost 2,000-year-old Roman ship is the most intriguing discovery from the third and final research season of the international Black Sea MAP underwater archaeology project – among a total of 20 other previously unknown ancient and medieval…

Treasure Hunters Looting Bulgaria’s Black Sea Underwater Archaeology Riches As Well, Diving Instructor Reveals

Treasure Hunters Looting Bulgaria’s Black Sea Underwater Archaeology Riches As Well, Diving Instructor Reveals

November 5, 2015 · by Ivan Dikov · in Crime & Law, Modern Era, Other History, Underwater Archaeology

The rampant treasure hunting which affects pretty much every single known archaeological site in Bulgaria apparently also does damage to the country’s underwater archaeology potential in the Black Sea.

Bulgaria’s Oceanology Institute Finds Sunken Galley, Explores 500-Year-Old Pirate Ship in Black Sea

Bulgaria’s Oceanology Institute Finds Sunken Galley, Explores 500-Year-Old Pirate Ship in Black Sea

November 4, 2015 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Greece, Antiquity, Bulgarian Empire, Byzantine Empire, Middle Ages, Modern Era, Other History, Ottoman Empire, Underwater Archaeology

At least 10 sunken ancient, medieval, and 19th century ships have been found in the Bulgarian section of the Black Sea during the recent exploration of the proposed route of the South Stream gas transit pipeline, according to experts from…

Diver Stumbles Upon Sunken Ancient Greek Ship in Black Sea off the Coast of Bulgaria’s Sozopol

Diver Stumbles Upon Sunken Ancient Greek Ship in Black Sea off the Coast of Bulgaria’s Sozopol

September 1, 2015 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Greece, Antiquity, Underwater Archaeology

An amateur diver has discovered a sunken Ancient Greek ship in the Black Sea, near the St. Ivan (St. John) Island off the coast of the Bulgarian Black Sea resort Sozopol whose name as a Greek colony in the Antiquity…

Large Sunken Byzantine Ship Discovered in Black Sea off the Coast of Sevastopol on Crimean Peninsula

Large Sunken Byzantine Ship Discovered in Black Sea off the Coast of Sevastopol on Crimean Peninsula

May 26, 2015 · by Ivan Dikov · in Byzantine Empire, Middle Ages, Underwater Archaeology

A large sunken Byzantine ship has been discovered in the Black Sea off the coast of the city of Sevastopol on the Crimean (Taurica) Peninsula by Russian divers from the Rostov-Dive Club.

Bulgarian MPs Move to Protect Sunken Black Sea Ships as Underwater Archaeology Sites

March 27, 2015 · by Daniel Valandovski · in Other History, Underwater Archaeology

Several Members of the Bulgarian Parliament have signed a petition requesting from three government ministries and three parliamentary committees a policy change designed to protect sunken ships and other objects along Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast as underwater archaeology sites.

Ancient Fortresses near Medieval Bulgarian Capital Ransacked by Treasure Hunters, Archaeologist Alarms

March 12, 2015 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Rome / Roman Empire, Ancient Thrace, Antiquity, Bulgarian Empire, Byzantine Empire, Christianity, Crime & Law, Middle Ages

Two ancient and medieval fortresses located right next to Veliki Preslav (“Great Preslav”), one of the capitals of the First Bulgarian Empire (680-1018 AD), are being ravaged by treasure hunters, an archaeologist alarms.

Bulgarian, Romanian Archaeologists Find Sunken Wooden Ships, Soviet U-Boats in Underwater Explorations

March 4, 2015 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome / Roman Empire, Ancient Thrace, Antiquity, Bulgarian Empire, Byzantine Empire, Cultural Tourism, Middle Ages, Other History, Ottoman Empire, Prehistory, Underwater Archaeology

Bulgarian and Romanian archaeologists have discovered a number of exciting objects off the Black Sea coast as a result of an underwater archaeology project.

Underwater Archaeology Harbors Great Tourism Potential for Bulgaria, Expert Says

February 18, 2015 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome / Roman Empire, Ancient Thrace, Antiquity, Bulgarian Empire, Byzantine Empire, Cultural Tourism, Middle Ages, Modern Era, Ottoman Empire, Prehistory, Underwater Archaeology

Underwater archaeology and the respective cultural tourism that it inspires could be the next big thing for Bulgaria as far as alternative tourism is concerned, according to an expert.

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