8,000-Year-Old Human Skeletons Found In Neolithic Village Of Slatina, Bulgaria Four Early Neolithic tombs, believed to date back 8000 years, were discovered by a Bulgarian archeologist team at the Slatina site in the capital Sofia, the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences said on July 28. There are skeletons of three adults and one child. Together with …

Roman-Era Coins Unearthed at Spa Complex in Bulgaria More than 40 ancient coins, most of which from the 4th century CE, have been discovered since the excavations were started in the summer of 2020 on the site Aquae Calidae near Bourgas on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea coast. This was announced by the head of …

Ancient Bones Found in Bulgarian Cave Are Oldest Evidence of Modern Humans in Europe According to new research, modern humans have overlapped with Neanderthals in Europe longer than previously thought. Remains of Homo sapiens found in a Bulgarian cave are roughly 44,000 to 46,000 years old, making them the oldest directly dated remains of modern humans in …

Over 40 Ancient Ships Discovered on the Bottom of the Black Sea A group of maritime archeologists studying sea levels in the Black Sea have uncovered over 40 shipwrecks as a “complete bonus.” Scientists have discovered a rare collection of over 40 shipwrecks in the Black Sea, including those from the Ottoman and Byzantine Empires, …

14th Century Murals With ‘Warrior Saints’ Found In Church Of Ancient City Cherven In Bulgaria RUSE, BULGARIA—Archaeologist reports that a fourteenth-century Christian church decorated with murals has been discovered in northeastern Bulgaria’s medieval city of Cherven. The church is the sixteenth to be uncovered in the Cherven Archaeological Preserve. Fragments of the frescoes include images …

Skeleton of Ancient Sports Fan Found Buried with Head-Shaped Jar A 3rd-century A.D. man’s grave in Bulgaria contained a strigil and curiously crafted balsamarium- a vessel from skin- cleansing oils- in the shape of a man’s head fitted with a feline-skin cap, which may be a reference to the Nemean lion slain by Hercules. In …

10th Century with Jesus Christ image, peacock ring seal found in Tudia fortress in Bulgaria’s sliven Archaeological excavations of the Late Roman, Early Byzantine and medieval Bulgarian fortress of Tuida in the city of Sliven. Found one of the most notable objects found during 2019 is the cross with an Image of Jesus Christ of the tenth …

1,700-Year-Old Bronze Document Found in Roman Fortress For more than half a century, Warsaw archeologists have carried out excavations in Novae (near Svishtov). Every year their research presents more information about the life of the members of two armies of historic significance: the Eighth Legion of Augustus and the First Italian Legion. In Novae the …