The Serdika II Metro Station in the downtown of the Bulgarian capital Sofia is seen as a “gateway to the Roman past” of the city in a review of Archaeology Travel, a leading website for international cultural tourism.
A necropolis from the time of the Second Bulgarian Empire (1185-1396/1422), i.e. the High Middle Ages, containing rich funeral inventories of silver and copper jewels has been discovered as a result of construction, and has been excavated by archaeologists in…
Two votive tablets with images of the Thracian Horseman, also known as Heros, the alleged supreme deity of the Ancient Thracians, have been found during the 2016 summer archaeological excavations of the Ancient Roman and Byzantine city of Abritus near…
Assoc. Prof. Maria Gurova, an expert in Prehistory from Bulgaria’s National Institute and Museum of Archaeology in Sofia, has been elected for a second consecutive term to the Executive Board of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA).
2nd Century BC Ancient Thracian Rock Vessel for Winemaking, Rituals Found near Bulgaria’s Asenovgrad
A rock vessel which was used by the Ancient Thracians for winemaking and wine rituals has been found in the bed of the Chaya River near the town of Asenovgrad, in the northern part of the Rhodope Mountains in Southern…
Bulgaria’s National Institute and Museum of Archaeology in Sofia has released a new issue (Issue No. 1-2, 2015) of its “Arheologia” Journal, the Museum has announced.
The Antiquity Amphitheater, which was built during the reign of Roman Emperor Trajan (r. 98-117 AD), has been voted the most important cultural landmark of the southern Bulgarian city of Plovdiv in a poll of the local residents.
Bulgaria has celebrated the 131th anniversary since the Unification of what is today North and South Bulgaria, back then the Principality of Bulgaria, a vassal of Ottoman Turkey, and Eastern Roumelia, an autonomous region of Ottoman Turkey, which was declared…
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…
The southern Bulgarian city of Plovdiv has been featured as one of ten “Great European City Breaks You’ve Probably Never Thought Of” in an article of “The Guardian”. Author Kevin Rushby appears enchanted by Plovdiv thanks to its archaeological, historical,…
The major medieval Byzantine and Bulgarian fortress and city of Rusocastro in Southeast Bulgaria could get tens, even hundreds of thousands of visitors per year with the proper promotion, according to Bulgaria’s Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova.
The ruins of Ulpia Oescus, a colony of Ancient Rome and one of the most important Roman cities in today’s Bulgaria, whose ruins are located near Gigen, Pleven District, in Northern Bulgaria, have been badly damaged by two fires, apparently…
An archaeological team has started the 2016 summer excavations of the Ancient Roman city of Sexaginta Prista in the Danube city of Ruse in Northeast Bulgaria.
A ceramic brazier, a container for hot coal typically used for heating, which dates back to the 6th century AD, i.e. the Early Byzantine period, has been discovered by archaeologists excavating the Late Antiquity and medieval fortress of Kalyata near…
An amphora from the Late Antiquity still containing palm oil has been discovered by a diver in the Black Sea off the coast of the Bulgarian resort Sozopol, the successor of the Ancient Greek colony of Apollonia Pontica.
The tomb of a senior monk and clergyman has been unearthed by archaeologists in the newly discovered Early Christian basilica in the prehistoric, ancient, and medieval rock city of Perperikon (also known as Perperik or Perperek) near Kardzhali in Southern…
The archaeological site of the Western Gate of the Ancient Roman city of Serdica, the predecessor of today’s Bulgarian capital Sofia, is presently under restoration in order to become an archaeological park.
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.
A ceramic fragment dating back to 5,000 BC with what might be “the world’s oldest writing” has been discovered in a previously unknown Chalcolithic (Aeneolithic, Copper Age) settlement found underneath the Ancient Roman road station Ad Putea near the town…
The main gate as well as a fully preserved cobblestone road from the 14th century has been discovered by archaeologists excavating the major medieval Byzantine and Bulgarian fortress and city of Rusocastro.
A well preserved lead seal of a medieval Byzantine general is just one of the numerous artifacts which have been discovered by the archaeologists excavating the Late Antiquity and medieval fortress Lyutitsa near the town of Ivaylovgrad in Southern Bulgaria.
Bulgaria’s Black Sea resort of Sozopol has been granted access to the archives of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in Istanbul, Turkey, in order to research the history of the St. Ivan (St. John) Island known for its Early Christian…
Local authorities and the police in the Vidin District in Northwest Bulgaria have sought to reassure of their policing efforts the archaeologists working on the excavation of the huge Ancient Roman city of Ratiaria, an archaeological site which has been…
A large underground drainage canal built of stone has been discovered during the latest rescue excavations of the 9th century AD Great Basilica in Pliska, the capital of the First Bulgarian Empire (632/680-1018 AD) between 680 and 893 AD.
The municipal authorities of the Black Sea resort town of Pomorie in Southeast Bulgaria is planning to claim the ownership rights of a huge Ancient Thracian tomb from the Roman Era famous for its absolutely unique architecture in order to…
Special permits for the ownership and usage of metal detectors must be introduced in Bulgaria as a measure designed to crack down on the rampant treasure hunting destroying thousands of archaeological, historical, and cultural monuments, museum workers have urged.
What appears to have been the largest Early Christian temple in the Rhodope Mountains in Southern Bulgaria has been discovered by archaeologists in the prehistoric, ancient, and medieval rock city of Perperikon (also known as Perperik or Perperek).
A public building which was an office exerting control over trade, also dubbed a “tax collection” or “revenue” office by the archaeologists, has been unearthed in the huge Ancient Roman city of Nicopolis ad Istrum whose ruins are located near…
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.
An exhibition of the world’s oldest gold treasure, the Varna Gold Treasure from the Chalcolithic Necropolis in Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of Varna, is to be showcased in the city of Dordrecht in the Netherlands.
A Byzantine gold coin minted between 1305 and 1320 has been discovered by archaeologists excavating the picturesque Kaliakra Cape Fortress on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast near the town of Kavarna.
The town of Nikyup near the city of Veliko Tarnovo in Central North Bulgaria is going to hold its first ever festival dedicated to the heritage of the huge Ancient Roman city of Nicopolis ad Istrum, whose ruins are located…
A group of five treasure hunters has been arrested on the spot while plowing a field where a Late Antiquity and early medieval settlement was located near the town of Petarnitsa, Pleven District, in Northern Bulgaria, in order to extract archaeological…
A well preserved lower part of an Antiquity bronze statue consisted of two legs has been discovered during archaeological excavations in the Temple of the Imperial Cult in the Ancient Roman colony Deultum near the town of Debelt in Southeast…
An 8,000-year-old stone structure and an obsidian artifact of the same age which appears to have originated in Armenia have been discovered during the 2016 excavations of the prehistoric settlement located in an area known as Valoga near Ohoden, Vratsa…
