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15,000 Attend Grand Opening of World’s Largest Historical Park near...

Visitors are seen here in line at the entrance of the Historical Park, a partial replica of the medieval Baba Vida Fortress in Vidin, on the first day of the opening, on Saturday, June 22, 2019. Photo:...

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3rd Century AD Marble Child Head, Ancient Chamber Pot Discovered in Roman...

The Ancient Roman marble child statue head has been discovered in the Danube city of Novae at the start of the 60th season of excavations carried out by Bulgarian and Polish archaeologists. Photo:...

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Sealed 16th Century Ottoman Looting Tunnel for Draft Animals Found inside...

Early Ottoman Era looters broke into the 20-meter-tall 3rd century AD Roman tower tomb underneath Bulgaria’s largest Thracian burial mound in Bulgaria’s Manole through the structure’s southeastern...

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30-Year-Old Roman Woman’s Grave Found in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv near Discovery...

The grave of the 30-year-old woman from the 3rd-4th century AD has been found on top of a Roman Era home ruins from an earlier period. Photo: archaeologist Maya Martinova via Plovdiv Time Part of a...

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Huge Roman Inscription of Dionysus Cult Secret Society after 251 Goth...

The long and detailed inscription has been authored by a total of 44 surviving members of a secret society dedicated to the cult of Dionysus with gratitude for their survival of the Goths’ destruction...

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Bronze Horse Statuette Found in Bulgaria’s Rusocastro Fortress, Deemed...

The Ancient Roman bronze horse figurine was discovered at the start of the 2019 archaeological excavations in the Rusocastro Fortress near Bulgaria’s Burgas. Photo: Burgas Regional Museum of History A...

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3 Species of Treasure Hunters Are Destroying Archaeology in Bulgaria’s...

Front cover of the book “Plunder Paradise” by Ivan Dikov, publisher of ArchaeologyinBulgaria.com* Three “species” of treasure hunters dubbed “diggers”, “yuppies” and “super experts”, whose a total...

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10 Stunning Facts about the Archaeology and History Riches of Bulgaria

A typical landscape from the mountainous parts of rural Bulgaria. Photo: IvayloSt, Pixabay We at ArchaeologyinBulgaria.com have been on a mission for a while now to acquaint readers around the world...

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Bulgaria’s Capital Sofia Finally Opens Second Part of ‘Sofia Largo’...

The second part of the Ancient Serdica complex in downtown Sofia has been opened three years after the first part. Photo: Museum of Sofia History For its official holiday, September 17, the Day of St....

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Bulgaria’s Capital Sofia to Hold First Ever Antiquity Festival Named after...

The poster for the first ever “Serdica Is My Rome” Antiquity Festival in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia features the silhouette of the 4th century St. George Rotunda church in downtown Sofia. Photo: Museum...

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Hoard of Byzantine Gold Coins Hidden during Hun Invasion Discovered in...

The 16 Byzantine gold coins discovered in the ruins of ancient Marcianopolis, a very substantial Roman city in today’s Northeast Bulgaria. Photo: Devnya Ancient and Modern Facebook Page A Byzantine...

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5th Century AD Byzantine Thermae (Public Baths) Discovered in Downtown of...

The newly discovered Late Roman / Early Byzantine thermae are the second public baths of ancient Odessos, today’s Varna, dating from the 5th – 6th century AD, after the already known Small (South)...

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Unknown Chainmail Armors Discovered in Roman Colony Deultum near Bulgaria’s...

Two or three chainmail armors from the Late Antiquity previously unseen in Bulgaria have been discovered in the ancient and medieval city of Deultum close to the Black Sea coast. Photo: Desant An...

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Newly Found 1st Century BC Roman Fort, Customs Push Back Founding Almus...

The first Ancient Roman fortification in Almus, today’s Lom on the Danube, was built in the middle of the 1st century AD, as per the latest discoveries. Photo: Lom Museum of History Facebook Page An...

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3 Newly Found Gold Rings Reveal Antiquity, Middle Ages Life in Danube Region...

A gold ring with a gemma (engraved gem) depicting a grazing horse from the time of the Roman Empire (1st – 4th century AD) has been discovered in the ancient city of Trimammium near the Danube River in...

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Museum of Roman City Diocletianopolis in Bulgaria’s Hisarya Wins Taxation...

The ruins of the Roman city of Diocletianopolis in Hisarya are among the tallest preserved Ancient Roman structures in Bulgaria. Photo: ArchaeologyinBulgaria.com The Museum of Archaeology in the town...

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Fine Marbles in 14 Different Colors from Constantine the Great’s Danube...

Part of a wall fluted column of decorative striped calcite found in the latest excavations of the Grant Hall of the Ancient Roman city of Ulpia Oescus in Central North Bulgaria. Photo: National...

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32 of Bulgaria’s Roman Frontier Danube Sites to Bid for UNESCO World Heritage...

A map showing the Roman Empire’s frontier, Limes Moesiae, in today’s Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, and Croatia along the Danube River. Map: Wikipedia A total of 32 Ancient Roman sites in Bulgaria –...

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Large Silver Coin Hoard Hidden during 251 AD Goth Invasion of Roman Empire...

Part of the hoard of nearly 600 Ancient Roman silver coins (denarii) from Bulgaria’s Plovdiv, ancient Philipooplis, hidden during the 251 Goth Invasion of the Roman Empire, as exhibited in the 2020...

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Top 20 Stories by ArchaeologyinBulgaria.com in March 2021

A sketch showing the likely full relief of Ancient Greek hoplite warriors from Bulgaria’s Sozopol, from the newsly discovered slab fragment from ca. 500 BC. Photo: Archaeologist Margarit Damyanov, 2020...

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