An Early Christian rock monastery in Northeast Bulgaria, which according to some historians and archaeologists is the oldest of its kind in Europe, has been revived for the first time since the conquest of the medieval Bulgarian Empire by the…
The ancient and medieval settlement and fortress Rahovets located near the northern Bulgarian town of Gorna Oryahovitsa, and the city of Veliko Tarnovo was also used as a rock shrine by the Ancient Thracians, according to archaeologist Iliyan Petrakiev from…
Bulgaria’s National Museum of History has released photos of some of the artifacts discovered in the recently completed first phase of the 2015 archaeological excavations in the Urvich Fortress, a major stronghold in the Second Bulgarian Empire (1185-1396) located 15…
Bulgaria’s Ministry of Tourism has proposed a special tourist route dedicated to the so called Valley of Odrysian Thracian Kings located in the Kazanlak Valley in Central Bulgaria, which features a huge number of Ancient Thracian tumili (burial mounds) that…
An ancient fortress unknown to Bulgarian and international archaeology has been discovered in the thick subtropical forests along the Ropotamo River in Southeast Bulgaria, the National Museum of History in Sofia has announced.
Bulgarian archaeologists have started excavations of an Ancient Thracian shrine on Mount Ostrets in the Rhodope Mountains near the spa resort of Velingrad, Snezhana Veleva, Director of the Regional Museum of History in the southern city of Pazardzhik, has announced.
Large numbers of Bulgarian treasure hunters keep searching for alleged gold treasure(s) motivated by countless legends, thus damaging or destroying ancient and medieval archaeological sites, as it is believed that Robin Hood-like Bulgarian rebels from the 19th century used them…
Bulgarian archaeologists working on the re-excavation and restoration of the 5th century AD Great Basilica in the southern city of Plovdiv have made further progress with the uncovering of the lower layer of ornate Early Christian mosaics at the Early…
One of the many attractions in the Aquae Calidae – Thermopolis Archaeological Preserve in Bulgaria’s Burgas, which is soon to be opened for visitors as a cultural tourism site, will be the opportunity to have spa treatments in a genuine…
The Archaeological Complex “Kaleto” in the northwestern Bulgarian town of Mezdra, which consists of the partially restored and conserved ruins of a prehistoric, ancient, and medieval fortress, is to celebrate its second “birthday”, i.e. the anniversary since its opening for…
Bulgaria’s government is focusing increasingly on the promotion of its archaeological, historical, and cultural heritage in order to develop further the country’s cultural tourism, according to Bulgarian Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova.
The 15th edition of the International Arts Festival “Perperikon” is kicking off on Friday, June 26, 2015, at the ancient and medieval rock fortress of Perperikon and in the southern Bulgarian city of Kardzhali in the Eastern Rhodope Mountains.
Bulgarian archaeologists have launched excavations of the Ancient Thracian, Roman, Early Byzantine and medieval Bulgarian fortress known as Gradishte or Vratitsa near the northwestern city Vratsa.
Ancient Roman “senators” will be among the guests of the first historical reenactment festival “Abritus”, which will take place among the partly restored ruins of the Roman city of Abritus in the northeastern Bulgarian city of Razgrad on June 26-28,…
An “Ancient Roman Market” event is to be held in the Roman fortress Sexaginta Prista in Bulgaria’s Danube city of Ruse for the 4th consecutive year as part of a Festival for Modern Urban Culture entitled “I, the City”.
The Town Council in Bulgaria’s northeastern Dobrichka Municipality has snubbed for the second time the request of the Regional Museum of History in the city of Dobrich to allocate funding for the archaeological excavations of the Slavnata Kanara (Glorious Rock)…
The archaeologists who have recently started the excavations of the Great Basilica in Pliska, capital of the First Bulgarian Empire (632/680-1018) between 680 and 893 AD, have discovered the grave of St. Boyan Enravota, an heir to the throne who…
Archaeologists who have been excavating a burned down house in the Old Town in Bulgaria’s Black Sea resort Sozopol have discovered a number of intriguing finds from the Antiquity and Middle Ages, including band round shots (cannonballs), i.e. stone projectiles.
New information signs in Bulgarian, English, and German have been placed at the Roman fortress Sexaginta Prista in Bulgaria’s Danube city of Ruse as part of an international project entitled “The Roman Emperors’ Route and the Danube Wine Route”.
Construction bulldozers and treasure hunters have been destroying and raiding a large area of Ancient Thracian archaeological sites dating back as early as the 8th century BC in Satovcha Municipality, Blagoevgrad District, in Southwest Bulgaria.
The ancient and medieval settlement and fortress Rahovets located near the northern Bulgarian town of Gorna Oryahovitsa, and the city of Veliko Tarnovo has been promised a “monument of culture” status by the Bulgarian government.
The restored 16th century bath of Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent (r. 1520-1566), which is part of the ancient and medieval Archaeological Preserve Aquae Calidae – Thermopolis in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Burgas has caused political tension in…
The graves of a child and an adult man probably killed in a barbarian invasion of Attila the Hun have been discovered by archaeologists from the Kyustendil Regional Museum of History during the rescue archaeological excavations of an Ancient Roman…
A “huge” workshop for flint tools dating back to the Late Chalcolithic, or to about 4,500-4,200 BC, has been discovered by Bulgarian archaeologists in archaeological excavations of a settlement mound near the town of Kamenovo, Razgrad District, in Northeast Bulgaria.
One of Bulgaria’s most famous archaeological and historical landmarks – Asen’s Fortress (Asenova Krepost) in the southern town of Asenovgrad – is accessible for tourists only by foot, after the local authorities have failed to fix the road leading up…
An impressive aerial drone video of the medieval Byzantine and Bulgarian fortress Mezek has been released by the “View Bulgaria” project (otnebeto.com), a private initiative using drones to film Bulgarian cultural, archaeological, and historical monuments.
A team of archaeologists from the Regional Museum of History in the southern Bulgarian city of Yambol has started the 2015 summer archaeological season with the renewed excavations of the Ancient Thracian city of Kabile.
A gold coin of Byzantine Emperor Theodosius II (r. 408-450 AD) together with other coins and artifacts has been discovered in the rescue archaeological excavations of an Ancient Roman villa near the Ancient Thracian, Roman, Early Byzantine, and medieval Bulgarian…
An Ancient Thracian arrow (spear tip) from the 5th century BC, and an unfinished medieval ring still in its cast have been found together with other medieval artifacts during the recently resumed archaeological excavations in the Urvich Fortress, a major…
Bulgaria’s Council of Ministers has granted the Regional Museum of History in the northeastern city of Dobrich three-year usage rights for archaeological excavations for the property of the Slavnata Kanara (Glorious Rock) Fortress where in 2014 the local archaeologists found…
Treasure hunters from Bulgaria have started raiding archaeological sites in the historical region of Western Thrace in Greece in search of a huge treasure allegedly buried there by Captain Petko Voyvoda, a Bulgarian “haidutin”, freedom fighter, and national hero who…
Bulgarian Archaeologists to Resume Excavations of Ancient, Medieval Rahovets Fortress 25 Years Later
Bulgarian archaeologists from the Veliko Tarnovo Regional Museum of History are going to restart the archaeological exploration of the ancient and medieval settlement and fortress Rahovets located near the northern town of Gorna Oryahovitsa, and the city of Veliko Tarnovo.
Treasure hunters have looted and damaged over 40 archaeological sites from different time periods in Bulgaria’s archaeology-rich southeastern Yambol District since 2014.
The northeastern Bulgarian city of Razgrad is seeing a rising number of tourists who visit the ruins of the Ancient Roman city Abritus, originally a Ancient Thracian settlement and later a medieval Bulgarian fortress, which has been partly restored with…
Bulgaria’s Ministry of Culture has allocated no government funding whatsoever for the supposed continuation of the archaeological excavations of the Ancient Roman fortress Bononia in the northwestern Danube city of Vidin.
