A total of 11% of all foreign visitors in Bulgaria arrive specially for cultural tourism purposes, according to data revealed by the Bulgarian Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova.
A total of 26 ancient and medieval coins and a number of archaeological artifacts have been donated by Bulgaria’s National Revenue Agency to the Museum of History in the town of Provadiya in Northeast Bulgaria.
A massive gold-plated silver ring with an obsidian gemstone dating from the Late Middle Ages has been discovered by the archaeologists excavating the ancient and medieval rock city of Perperikon (Perperik) near the southern Bulgarian city of Kardzhali in the…
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.
Millions of Chinese viewers have gotten acquainted with the archaeological riches of the southern Bulgarian city of Plovdiv, also known as Europe’s oldest city, thanks to a documentary by Shenzhen Media Group.
The Euxinograd Palace in the Black Sea residence of the Bulgarian government, and the partly restored ruins of the ancient and medieval fortress of Kastritsi located on the residence estate will be opened for tourists as of the spring of…
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…
The recently excavated ruins of the Ancient Roman Forum in the southern Bulgarian city of Plovdiv have been flooded as a result of the breakdown of a nearby water supply pipe.
A silver treasure of consisting of bracelets, earrings, and coins has been discovered by the archaeologists excavating the fortified residence of an Ancient Thracian ruler from the Asti tribe located near the town of Brodilovo, Tsarevo Municipality, Burgas District, in…
The Bulgarian Black Sea city of Varna is going to erect a monument of Vladislav (Wladyslaw) III Jagello, also known as Varnenchik, King of Poland and Hungary, who staged two campaigns against the Ottoman Empire (a few decades after it…
The newly discovered archaeological structures in the Ancient Roman city of Colonia Ulpia Traiana Ratiaria located on the Danube, near the town of Archar in Northwest Bulgaria, have been viciously destroyed by treasure hunters apparently seeking to defy the hard…
The museum of the ancient and medieval “Aquae Calidae – Thermopolis” Archaeological Preserve in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Burgas has shown to the public the famous votive table of “The Shrine of the Three Nymphs”, as the site…
The portico (porch at the entrance of a building or a colonnade) of 4th century AD Roman building has been discovered during the October 2015 excavations of the Ancient Roman city of Colonia Ulpia Traiana Ratiaria in Bulgaria’s northwestern town…
The archaeologists carrying out excavations in the downtown of the Bulgarian capital Sofia have made new discoveries that have complicated their search for the Roman Forum of the ancient city of Serdica.
The Yailata Archaeological Preserve on Bulgaria’s Northern Black Sea coast, which features historical monuments dating back to the period from the 5th millennium BC to the 11th century AD, has been rescued from construction investors as an illegally built structure…
Bulgaria’s Council of Ministers has granted the Black Sea Varna Municipality management rights for a total of six emblematic archaeological sites, some of them world-known, as a measure for boosting the development of cultural tourism.
Bulgaria is experiencing a gold rush 2,000 years after the civilization of Ancient Thrace created their gold treasures, writes AFP in a report about modern-day gold panners along the Bulgarian rivers where once the Ancient Thracians mined their gold.
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.
A total of 10 graves from the necropolis of a Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age settlement located near the town of Baley, Vidin District, in Northwest Bulgaria, have been discovered and explored during the 2015 excavations of the…
The residence of an Ancient Thracian ruler has been found during archaeological excavations near the town of Brodilovo, Tsarevo Municipality, Burgas District, located in Southeast Bulgaria near the Black Sea coast.
A fragment from an Ancient Roman inscription which may be connected with the construction of a bridge during the reign of Emperor Trajan (r. 98-117) has been discovered in the area of what once was a Roman road station near…
Bulgaria’s capital Sofia is going to build exact replicas of 8,000-year-old homes whose remains have been discovered in the Slatina Neolithic Settlement located in the city’s Slatina Quarter.
The Early Byzantine basilica which was discovered recently in the city of Veliko Tarnovo in Northern Bulgaria may prove the key to the exploration of what was an unknown but major Byzantine city, and to answering the question why Veliko…
Ahead of the 830th anniversary of the founding of the Second Bulgarian Empire, the northern Bulgarian city of Veliko Tarnovo has opened for visitors and planned special events the restored St. Dimitar Solunksi (St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki) Church where 830…
A relatively well-preserved prehistoric bakery from the Chalcolithic (Aeneolithic, Copper Age) has been discovered during the recent excavations of the Kaleto Fortress in the northwestern Bulgarian town of Mezdra.
Archaeological structures and artifacts from the 14th-17th century AD have been discovered during the last days of the excavations of the late medieval monastery St. Iliya (St. Elijah) at the Urvich Fortress near the Bulgarian capital Sofia.
The “Golden Legend” exhibition, which features some of Bulgaria’s most impressive treasures from the Prehistory and Ancient Thrace, has been opened in The National Museum of Western Art in the Japanese capital Tokyo.
Three men have been charged with treasure hunting by the District Prosecutor’s Office in the southern Bulgarian city of Plovdiv after they have been arrested for raiding a medieval fortress.
The archaeological excavations of the Western Propilaea, i.e. monumental gateway, of the Ancient Forum in the Southern Bulgarian city of Plovdiv are due to be completed by the end of November 2015.
Bulgarian police officers from the southern town of Nova Zagora have caught red-handed two treasure hunters while they were bulldozing an Ancient Thracian burial mound (tumuli) near the town of Sadiysko Pole.
A large number of tourists have visited the soon-to-be-opened Archaeological Park of newly restored Early Christian buildings from the Roman city Parthicopolis in the southwestern Bulgarian town of Sandanski during its Pre-Opening events on October 16-18, 2015.
Structures dating back to the 1900-1700 BC, i.e. the Middle Bronze Age, which are remains from wooden homes, have been discovered for the first time in the southern Bulgarian city of Plovdiv, also known as the oldest city in Europe.
The Early Byzantine fortress located on the Black Sea coast in Bulgaria’s Yailata Archaeological Preserve has seen a 21% increase in visitor numbers in the first 9 months of 2015 year-on-year as a result of its archaeological restoration completed in…
The ruins of what was the oldest Christian church from the period of the Middle Ages in the ancient and medieval city of Drastar (known as Durustorum in the Roman period) have been discovered during the continuing rescue excavations in…
Bulgaria’s Unit for Combating Organized Crime (GDBOP) has shattered a ring for antiques trafficking, and has confiscated over 800 archaeological artifacts and coins, including a very valuable marble gravestone of a Roman Decurion.
