Bulgaria
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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…
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The Ancient City of Ulpiana | BalkanInsight.com.
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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.…
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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,…
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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…