Ornate 5th Century BC Bone Scepter of Scythian Warrior Becomes August 2024 ‘Exhibit of the Month’ of Bulgaria’s National Museum of Archaeology
A truly impressive and sophisticated artifact – a bone scepter that belonged a Scythian warrior from the 5th century BC discovered in Europe’s oldest town, the Provadiya-Solnitsata Settlement Mound in Northeast Bulgaria – has been declared “Exhibit of the Month”…
Bulgarian Archaeologists Discover Ancient Greek Bucranium Amulet in Black Sea Town Sozopol
An Ancient Greek lead bucranium, i.e. an artifact depicting an ox skull, from the 5th century BC has been discovered by Bulgarian archaeologists during excavations in the Black Sea resort town of Sozopol, the descendant of Ancient Greek colony Apollonia…
