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Bulgarian Archaeologists to Resume Excavations of Ancient, Medieval Rahovets...

A view of the 100-meter tall hill of the ancient and medieval Rahovets Fortress near Bulgaria’s Gorna Oryahovitsa and Veliko Tarnovo. Photo: Gorna Oryahovitsa Municipality Bulgarian archaeologists from...

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Archaeologists Unearth 6,500-Year-Old Chalcolithic Workshop for Flint Tools...

A large amount of prehistoric flint tools have been found by archaeologists in a 7,000-year-old workshop in Bulgaria’s Kamenovo, Razgrad District. Photo: Top Novini Razgrad A “huge” workshop for flint...

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Ancient, Medieval Fortress Rahovets near Bulgaria’s Gorna Oryahovitsa...

Archaeologists from the Veliko Tarnovo Regional Museum of History have started the first archaeological excavations of the ancient and medieval fortress Rahovets near Bulgaria’s Gorna Oryahovitsa since...

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French, Canadian Archaeologists Visit Bulgarian Colleagues for Excavations of...

A photo from the 2014 archaeological excavations in the Ancient Roman and Byzantine fortress of Zaldapa in Northeast Bulgaria. Photo: Nova Dobrudzhanska Tribuna Archaeologists from France and Canada...

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Archaeologists Unearth Odd Early Byzantine Fortress Tower in Ancient Roman...

An Early Byzantine fortress tower untypical for Europe but similar to Byzantine fortress towers in North Africa has been unearthed in the Ancient Roman city of Deultum in the Debelt – Deultum...

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Archaeologists Discover 6,500-Year-Old Prehistoric Necropolis underneath...

The site of the archaeological excavations in the former school yard in the town of Kamenovo in Northeast Bulgaria, with the skeletons from the newly found Chalcolithic necropolis visible on the...

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Bulgaria’s Varna to Turn Major 9th Century Monastery with Scriptorium from...

The site of the ruins of the 9th century AD Knyazheski (Royal) Monastery in the Karaach Teke area near Bulgaria’s Varna. Photo: bTV Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of Varna has taken the first step to...

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Bulgaria’s Veliko Tarnovo to Restore Medieval Tsar’s Public Bath with...

The ruins of Tsar Shishman’s Bath in Bulgaria’s Veliko Tarnovo, late medieval Bulgarian thermae (public baths) which are to be restored with Norwegian funding. Photo: Yantra Dnes daily The city of...

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Fathers of Bulgarian Archaeology, the Skorpil Brothers, to Be Honored in...

One of the 27 posters presenting notable “Bulgarian Czechs” who helped build the Third Bulgarian Tsardom after Bulgaria’s National Liberation. This one is for Antonin Kolar, the first chief architect...

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Bulgarian Archaeologists Launch Rescue Excavations of Ancient Black Sea Port,...

This 2014 photo shows the ruins of the Caria Fortress on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, with the top of the 32-meter-tall Shabla Lighthouse visible in the background. Photo: BGNES A team of archaeologists...

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Latest Finds in Paleolithic Bacho Kiro Cave in Central Bulgaria Imply...

Latest artifacts discovered in the Paleolithic Bacho Kiro Cave in Central Bulgaria from the time of the transition from Middle to Late Paleolithic: 7) Bone ornaments; 8) Tooth from early Homo sapiens....

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Constantine’s Bridge on Danube River at Roman Cities Ulpia Oescus (Gigen,...

The location of Constantine’s Bridge on the Danube River between today’s Bulgaria and Romania – the largest river bridge in ancient times. It existed for up to 40 years in the 4th century AD. Map:...

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Archaeologists Unearth 6,500-Year-Old Chalcolithic Workshop for Flint Tools...

A large amount of prehistoric flint tools have been found by archaeologists in a 7,000-year-old workshop in Bulgaria’s Kamenovo, Razgrad District. Photo: Top Novini Razgrad A “huge” workshop for flint...

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For the First Time Fortress Gate of Ancient Odessos Discovered in Bulgaria’s...

The newly discovered Southwestern Gate of ancient Odessos may have been up to 8 meters wide, and was part of the city’s Late Antiquity wall. Photo: TV grab from bTV Archaeologists have discovered for...

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Latest Finds in Paleolithic Bacho Kiro Cave in Central Bulgaria Imply...

Latest artifacts discovered in the Paleolithic Bacho Kiro Cave in Central Bulgaria from the time of the transition from Middle to Late Paleolithic: 7) Bone ornaments; 8) Tooth from early Homo sapiens....

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