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Bronze Dionysus Chariot Bust, Venus Terracotta Found in Home Burned Down in 251 AD Goth Invasion of Roman Empire in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

The bronze bust of wine god Dionysus, which was part of a chariot’s decoration, has been found in a large Roman Era building in Philipopolis, Bulgaria’s Plovdiv, burned down by the invading Goths in 251 AD. The Dionysus bust is seen here on display in the 2020 Bulgarian Archaeology Exhibition in the National Institute and Museum of Archaeology in Sofia. Photo: ArchaeologyinBulgaria.com A bronze…

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3,000-Year-Old Bird-Shaped Vessel Placed Burial Urn Found in Bulgaria’s Baley in Crucial Thracian Bronze Age Necropolis

This more than 3,000-year-old encrusted ceramic bird-shaped vessel depicting a duck or another water bird species, has been found by archaeologists inside an urn in the Bronze Age necropolis in Baley in Northwest Buglaria. Photo: National Institute and Museum of Archaeology Archaeologists have discovered 15 new graves from the 2nd millennium BC, the Middle Bronze Age and the Late Bronze Age, near…

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Medieval Metallurgical Center at Dugout Settlement from Height of First Bulgarian Empire Discovered in Northwest Bulgaria

In one spot of the Ancient Bulgar settlement and metallurgy center from the First Bulgarian Empire, the archaeologists have found three kilns which were used one after the other. Photo: Video grab from BTA A metallurgical center for the processing of iron ore as part of a large Ancient Bulgar settlement with dugouts from the 9th – 10th century, i.e. the height of the First Bulgarian Empire, has…

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7,000-Year-Old Ritual Table with ‘Horned Animal’, First Bulgarian Empire Settlement Found near Varna in Rescue Digs

The 7,000-year-old zoomorphic ritual table decorated with a “horned animal”, perhaps a ram, found near Bulgaria’s Tsonevo and Dalgopol, as displayed in the 2020 Bulgarian Archaeology Exhibition at the National Institute and Museum of Archaeology in Sofia. Photo: ArchaeologyinBulgaria.com An archaeological site containing structures from both the Neolithic, with a “horned animal” ritual table as…

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6,500-Year-Old Full Set of Vessels, Including Zoomorphic One, Gold Bead from World’s Oldest Found in Prehistoric Settlement Mound near Bulgaria’s Pomorie

Prehistoric vessels, tools, and a gold bead from ca. 6,500 BC discovered in the Hidden Settlement Mound near Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast of Pomorie, which have been included in the 2020 Bulgarian Archaeology Exhibition. A total of 13 vessels are shown here, out of a collective find of 21. The intriguing headless four-legged zoomorphic vessel is visible in the middle. Photo: National Institute and…

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1st Century BC Traces of Earliest Roman Presence in Bulgaria on Danube Discovered Halfway between Major Antiquity Cities Bononia (Vidin) and Ratiaria (Archar)

An aerial shot of the vast newly discovered archaeological site near Sinagovtsi and Vidin in Northwest Bulgaria containing the some of the earliest traces of Roman presence in today’s Bulgaria, a settlement halfway between the major Roman Danube cities of Bononia and Ratiaria. Photo: Archaeological Team, official catalog and poster for the 2020 Bulgarian Archaeology Exhibition A vast…

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Ancient Thracian Horse Burial, 'Half a Skeleton' Human Burial from Early Iron Age Found near Bulgaria’s Polski Trambesh

Ancient Thracian Horse Burial, ‘Half a Skeleton’ Human Burial from Early Iron Age Found near Bulgaria’s Polski Trambesh

An Ancient Thracian horse burial from the Early Iron Age in which the animal was buried together with an iron rein, has been discovered in a diverse newly found archaeological site near Polski Trambesh in Central North Bulgaria. Photo: Archaeologist Zhivko Uzunov, Official catalog and poster for the 2020 Bulgarian Archaeology Exhibition An Ancient Thracian burial of a horse and a human burial…

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Wooden Coffin Burials, Glass Jewels Discovered in Vast Medieval Necropolis near Bulgaria’s Radnevo

A particularly rich medieval burial inventory has been found in grave No. 292 of the 12th century necropolis near Znamenosets and Radnevo in Southern Bulgaria. It includes glass bead necklaces, glass bracelets, bronze bracelets, and silver temple pendants. Photo: National Institute and Museum of Archaeology A large number of glass jewels and remains of wooden coffins in some of the burials among…

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Iron Age Ancient Thracian Hamlet, ‘Cross-Shaped’ Ax Discovered in Highway Construction Excavations in Bulgaria’s Ugarchin

This Early Iron Age ax, from the 11th – 6th century BC described as a “cross-shaped” ax by the Bulgarian archaeologists, has been found in an Ancient Thracian hamlet near Ugarchin sporadically inhabited for about a millenium. The ancient iron ax is shown here as exhibited in the 2020 Bulgarian Archaeology Exhibition at the National Institute and Museum of Archaeology in Sofia. Photo:…

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Large Silver Coin Hoard Hidden during 251 AD Goth Invasion of Roman Empire Discovered in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

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 Bulgarian Archaeology Exhibition. Photo: National Institute and Museum of Archaeology A coin hoard containing nearly 600 silver coins (denarii) from the 1st – 3rd century AD, most likely hidden during…

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120 Rituals Pits in 7,000-Years-Old ‘Pit Field’ in Northeast Bulgaria, Prehistoric Bull Figurines Remarkable

These 7,000-year-old prehistoric bull figurines are among countless archaeological artifacts discovered in prehistoric ritual pits in a pit field from the Late Neolithic near Kovachevets and Popovo in Northeast Bulgaria. They have been featured on some of the official posters for the 2020 Bulgarian Archaeology Exhibition. Each of the prehistoric bull figurines has a hole in the place of the eyes…

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Fine Marbles in 14 Colors from Constantine the Great’s Danube Bridge Opening in 328 AD Found in Roman City Ulpia Oescus in North Bulgaria

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 Institute and Museum of Archaeology Archaeologists have discovered a total of 14 different kinds of highly sophisticated colorful marbles used in lavish wall decorations of a grand hall in the huge Roman…

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14th Century Silver Coin of Tsar Ivan Alexander of Second Bulgarian Empire Becomes August 2020 ‘Exhibit of the Month’ in National Archaeology Museum

The back side of the mid-14th century silver coin features Tsar Ivan Alexander (on the lefthand side of the coin) and his son and Co-Emperor Mihail Asen of the Second Bulgarian Empire, wearing crowns and holding scepters. Photo: National Institute and Museum of Archaeology A silver coin minted by Tsar Ivan (Yoan) Alexander (r. 1331 – 1371), the last relatively successful ruler of the Second…

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Top 20 Stories by ArchaeologyinBulgaria.com in April 2021

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 Bulgarian Archaeology Exhibition. Photo: ArchaeologyinBulgaria.com Following are the 20 most popular stories with the readers of ArchaeologyinBulgaria.com from around the worold during the month of…

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Archaeologists Find nearly 7,000-Year-Old Copper Age Workshop for Production of Flint Tools near Belogradets in Northeast Bulgaria

Nearly 7,000-year-old flint cores and manufacturing waste from the newly discovered Early Copper Age flint production workshop near Belogradets, Varna District, in Northeast Bulgaria, as showcased in the 2020 Bulgarian Archaeology Exhibition at the National Institute and Museum of Archaeology in Sofia. Photo: ArchaeologyinBulgaria.com A prehistoric workshop, or “manufacturing center”, for the…

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