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50 Ancient Arrow, Spear Tips Planted, Charged Bulgarian Businessman Claims

The unregistered ancient iron weapons collection containing 48 arrow tips and 2 spear tips from the Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages has been found in the home of businessman Plamen Bobokov, according to the Bulgarian Prosecutor’s Office. Photo: Prosecutor’s Office press service A collection of a total of 50 ancient iron arrow and spear tips, which has brought about a criminal charge against…

Medieval Metallurgical Center at Dugout Settlement from Height of First Bulgarian Empire Discovered in Northwest Bulgaria

In one spot of the Ancient Bulgar settlement and metallurgy center from the First Bulgarian Empire, the archaeologists have found three kilns which were used one after the other. Photo: Video grab from BTA A metallurgical center for the processing of iron ore as part of a large Ancient Bulgar settlement with dugouts from the 9th – 10th century, i.e. the height of the First Bulgarian Empire, has…

7,000-Year-Old Ritual Table with ‘Horned Animal’, First Bulgarian Empire Settlement Found near Varna in Rescue Digs

The 7,000-year-old zoomorphic ritual table decorated with a “horned animal”, perhaps a ram, found near Bulgaria’s Tsonevo and Dalgopol, as displayed in the 2020 Bulgarian Archaeology Exhibition at the National Institute and Museum of Archaeology in Sofia. Photo: ArchaeologyinBulgaria.com An archaeological site containing structures from both the Neolithic, with a “horned animal” ritual table as…