5th Century Roman Marble Table Unearthed in Bulgaria According to an Archaeology in Bulgaria report, more than 100 pieces of a household table dated to the fourth century A.D. have been found in one of the towers at the Petrich Kale Fortress, which is located on a plateau in northeastern Bulgaria near the coast of the Black … Continue reading 5th Century Roman Marble Table Unearthed in Bulgaria →

Bulgarian Gangsters Busted for Looting 4,600 Ancient Artifacts from Historical sites After two years of investigation by Bulgarian, British, and German authorities, an international crime ring planning to smuggle thousands of ancient artifacts into England has been caught. According to The Times, the 4,600 items ranged from spears and coins to funeral urns, ceramics, and arrowheads. … Continue reading Bulgarian Gangsters Busted for Looting 4,600 Ancient Artifacts from Historical sites →

Medieval Settlement Uncovered in Bulgaria Archaeology in Bulgaria reports that an unidentified medieval settlement has been discovered in northwestern Bulgaria by a team of researchers, led by Elena Vasileva of Bulgaria’s National Archaeological Institute with Museum, who were investigating the path of a road construction project. Near the Danube city of Vidin in Northwest Bulgaria, … Continue reading Medieval Settlement Uncovered in Bulgaria →

An Ancient Mask With An “Alien Face” Dug Up In Bulgaria This year’s archaeological season at the oldest salt mining center in Europe, which dates back to the 5 – 4th  millennium BC and became the first prehistoric town on the continent, is now over. The site is located near the present town of Provadia … Continue reading An Ancient Mask With An “Alien Face” Dug Up In Bulgaria →

Thracian King Sevt III discovered: 2,400-yr-old Solid gold mask weighing 640 gr found near the village of Shipka A 2,400-year-old golden mask that once belonged to a Thracian king was unearthed in a timber-lined tomb in southeastern Bulgaria, archaeologists reported. The mask, discovered over the weekend, was found in the tomb along with a solid … Continue reading Thracian King SevtIII discovered: 2,400-yr-old Solid gold mask weighing 640 gr found near the village of Shipka →

Three Settlements Unearthed in Southern Bulgaria In three rescue excavations near the town of Radnevo, three different ancient settlements are discovered funded by a coal mining company, the most interesting was a new artefact was a statuette of the ancient goddess Athena, an early Thracian settlement a town from the time of the Roman Empire, and … Continue reading Three Settlements Unearthed in Southern Bulgaria →

7,000 years old Copper Age Kilns Unearthed in Bulgaria Bulgarian archaeology records that two kilns were dated between 4800 and 4600 B.C. A team of researchers from the Ruse Regional Museum of History were discovered on the Bazovets Settlement Mound near the Danube River in northeastern Bulgaria. In the excavation season, 2019 one of the … Continue reading 7,000 years old Copper Age Kilns Unearthed in Bulgaria →

19th-Century Polish Sword Unearthed in Bulgaria A sword in a Bulgarian museum has been identified as a 19th-century Polish nationalist sabre. It was discovered near the city of the Veliko Tarnovo in northern Bulgaria where curators from the Archaeological Museum saw it had a Polish inscription. An expert from the University of Warsaw recognized the … Continue reading 19th-Century Polish Sword Unearthed in Bulgaria →

Giant human skeleton unearthed in Varna, Bulgaria The remains of what archaeologists in Bulgaria identified as a “massive skeleton” have been discovered in downtown Varna, a city on the shores of the Black Sea which is rich in culture and civilisation for 7,000 years. Sofia News Agency, Novinite, reports that the skeleton was found in what … Continue reading Giant Human Skeleton Unearthed in Varna, Bulgaria →