Latest from Peperikon
The last bits from a piece at Novinite: The latest Perperikon finds presented Tuesday include a human idol from the 5th century BC, a bronze axe and a Thracian war knife. The archeologist explained that during the first day of the excavations they also found a medical instrument from Roman times, which has been used [...]
Odrysian Site from Bulgaria
Image via Wikipedia Ivan Hristov is characterizing this as a ‘Bulgarian Machu Picchu’ … interesting how they get a dig in at Philip II in this one: Bulgarian rchaeologists have uncovered a unique residence of the rulers of the Odrysian Kingdom, the state of the most powerful tribe of Ancient Thrace. The residence is located [...]
Roman Wall Paintings from Bulgaria
Image via Wikipedia I’ve been waiting for my spiders to bring me this one … but they seemed to have stopped at Francesca Tronchin’s first (tip o’ the pileus). Brief item from Balkan Travellers: An archaeologist has discovered unique wall paintings in an ancient residence in the late Roman town of Novae, located in northern [...]
Chariot Burial (and more) from Borissovo
I’m often asked how I find so much stuff to post on rogueclassicism and one of the sad things is that there actually is a lot more that I seem to get, file away, and forget about and only ‘rediscover’ while poking around looking for other things. A case in point is this brief item [...]
Bulgarian Builder Brouhaha
Kind of surprising that a country so ‘archaeology conscious’ as Bulgaria could have this happen: Specialists from the Yambol History Museum have prevented the destruction of a valuable archaeological site during road construction in Southeastern Bulgaria.On Monday, employees of the local “Mining Company” started to expand a road running past the Ancient Thrace town of [...]
‘Forgotten’ Mithras Site ‘Reopens’
I wonder how many other sites are in similar circumstances … An ancient sanctuary of the Roman god Mithras, located in the Rodopi Mountains border region between Greece and Bulgaria, was shown for the first time since its discovery in 1915. The archaeological site is located 6 kilometres into Greece from the Greek-Bulgarian border, near [...]
Trying to Save Cybele
From Novinite: A commission of archaeologists and architects is set on securing a National Monument status for the temple of Greek goddess Cybele in Bulgaria’s Balchik. The absolutely unique Cybele temple was uncovered by accident in April 2007 at the construction site of a hotel owned by a local entrepreneur. The special commission has been [...]
Dating the Starosel Tomb
From Novinite: One of Bulgaria’s top Ancient Thrace sites, the Starosel Tomb, has been dated to the 4th century BC after years of research. With German help a team of archaeologists of the Bulgarian National History Museum led by Dr. Ivan Hristov has managed to estimate the timing of the construction of the largest underground [...]
Citanda – Feature on Ulpiana
The Ancient City of Ulpiana | BalkanInsight.com.
Epigraphic Evidence from Perperikon
Interesting item from Radio Bulgaria, which seems to have lost a thing here and there in translation: In the summer the ancient shrine of Perperikon in Southeastern Bulgaria is the source of hot archeological news. During this year’s digs the team of Prof. Nickolay Ovcharov has come across the first epigraphic (written) evidence about Perperikon. [...]
Roman-era Thracian Tomb from Krushare
Some interesting finds from a Roman-era Thracian tomb … the first report (August 16) from Novinite: Bulgarian archeologists have found a unique golden wreath in an unnamed mound near the South-East village of Krushare, Sliven District. This has been announced Sunday by the archeologist Diana Dimitrova, who was wife of the late great Bulgarian archeologist, [...]
Bulgaria Update
A couple of brief items from the Bulgarian press: Digging has resumed at Nikopolis ad Istrum: Archaeology Excavations Start at Bulgaria’s Roman City Nikopolis ad Istrum … where archaeologists have discovered a Nymphaeum they weren’t expecting: Archaeologists Discover Nymph Sanctuary in Central Bulgaria … there were actually a few more, but I’ve never managed to [...]
Roman Tunnel in Plovdiv
Another brief item from SNA: Municipal employees discovered a well-preserved ancient Roman tunnel in the southern Bulgarian city of Plovdiv. The workers were clearing up the Nebet Tepe (“Guards’ Hill”) fortress in order to turn into a tourist attraction when they came across the tunnel near the Maritsa River. The tunnel has a fully preserved [...]
Semper Aliquid Novi ex … Bulgaria
Still in catchup mode, over the past few weeks there have been several items reported in the Bulgarian Press varying amount of detail/clarity. We’ll begin, though, with one that just popped into my mailbox last night — the discovery of a second Peperikon-like sanctuary (hmmmm). Here’s the coverage from Standart: Bulgarian speleologists have discovered a [...]
Another Thracian Tomb
Brief item from Focus-Fen: A unique Thracian tomb has been unearthed close to the northeastern village of Gagovo, in the municipality of Popovo, Plamen Sabev, director of the history museum in the town of Popovo, told Focus – Shumen Radio. The tomb dates back to the 4th century BC and is older than the one [...]
Another Resort in Bulgaria … Another Bust
Wow … it seems every time a hotel is built or expanded in Bulgaria, there’s some archaeological find. Here’s the latest coverage from Novinite: The regional unit for combating organized crime in Bulgaria’s Burgas have seized a hidden treasure dating back to 3rd century BC. The treasure was discovered in October 2008 during the construction [...]
Unsubmerging Seuthopolis?
The incipit of a piece in TopNews suggests: Discovered under centuries-old layers of dirt in 1948, then submerged under 20 metres of water, the ancient city of Seuthopolis is to emerge once again in a bold rescue project. The magnificently preserved city, founded by the Thracian king Seuthes III in 323 BC, was discovered in [...]
Remains of Ancient Bourgas From Bulgaria
The city of Bourgas has a coat of arms which depicts a fortress, to wit: … and according to the headline, that fortress has been found. Whatever the case, the Wikipedia article whence that image came clarifies things at bit, noting this was the ancient Pyrgos, which became the Roman colony of Dueltum. When one [...]
