Bulgaria
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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