#agathopolis

Archaeologists Find Gild Mosaic Cubes in Agathopolis on Bulgaria’s Black Sea Coast, Prove It Was Older than Known

The two gold-plated tesserae, or mosaic cubs, from an Early Christian decoration which have been discovered in ancient Agathopolis on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast. Photo: e-Burgas

Two small gold-coated mosaic cubes, also known as tesserae, from the Early Christianperiod are the most interesting find from the 2018 summer excavations in the ancient Black Sea town of Agathopolis near today’s Bulgarian…

Large Sunken Island Existed off Bulgaria’s Black Sea Coast till Middle Ages, According to Roman Era Maps, Geomorphology Research

Location of the sunken island of Cyanida / Kianida on Ptolemy’s 9th European Map (Nona Europae Tabula) published in the Reichenbach Monastery in 1467. The sizable island was likely located off the coast of the spot of today’s Black Sea border of Bulgaria and Turkey. Map: Wikipedia, National Library in Warsaw, Poland

A sizable but now destroyed and/or sunken island– likely the size of Greece’s…

Statuesquely looking at the Black Sea

Hoard of 18th Century Ottoman, Western European Coins Found in Treasure Pot in Bulgaria’s Black Sea Town Ahtopol

The mid-18th century Ottoman coins discovered in the Agathopolis fortress in Bulgaria’s Ahtopol. Photo: Archaeological Team / e-Burgas

A hoard of 854 silver and gold coins from the Ottoman Empireand Western Europe from the mid-18th century as well as jewelry have been discovered by archaeologists hidden in a treasure pot in late medieval ruins in the Bulgarian Black Sea town of Ahtopol, the…

Top 20 of the Most Popular Stories on ArchaeologyinBulgaria.com in the Third Quarter of 2018

A newly found Roman inscription provides invaluable information about the construction of the Roman thermae in the Ancient Thracian city of Kabyle during the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Photo: Yambol Regional Museum of History

Following are the 20 most popular stories among the readers of ArchaeologyinBulgaria.com from July 1 until September 30, 2018, i.e. during the third quarter of 2018.

Early Byzantium’s Haemimontus Province on Bulgaria’s Southern Black Sea Coast Presented in New Book Based on 8 Years of Excavations

Cover of the book “Mare Ponticum. Coastal Fortresses and Harbor Zones in the Province of Haemimontus, 5th – 7th Century AD”. Photo: Bulgaria’s National Museum of History

A new book presents findings about the Haemimontus province of the Early Byzantine Empirein the Late Antiquity (5th – 7th century AD) based on 8 years of archaeological field research of fortresses and settlements on the southern…