The Second Bulgarian Empire, once a powerful force in the Balkans, ultimately fell after centuries of warfare, internal strife, and foreign invasions. This video examines the key factors behind ...

Archaeologists have made a sensational finding on Saturday, dated back to the first Bulgarian Empire (years 681-1018) in the ancient Bulgarian capital of Pliska. The team of archaeologists found ...

SOFIA (Reuters) -LUKOIL Neftochim Burgas, Bulgaria’s only oil refinery, may have to shut down if the government does not follow through on plans to allow the Russian-owned business to continue ...

Bulgarian archaeologists stumbled upon unexpected treasure this week during a dig in an ancient Roman sewer - a well-preserved, marble statue depicting the Greek god Hermes.

Fortress wall. Archaeologists have excavated around Cherven for more than a century, Velikova said. Ruins near the village show it was an important town during the Second Bulgarian Empire, which ...

1,500-year-old gold coins from Byzantine Empire discovered in medieval dwelling in Bulgaria. ... Stiliyan Ivanov/National Archaeological Institute with Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences) ...

The Medieval Bulgarian Empire was conquered by the invading Ottoman Turks at the end of the 14th century. This could explain how the coins ended up in the country.

A marble statue from ancient Rome was recently discovered in what is now Varna, Bulgaria. Experts date the statue’s origin to the late 2 nd or early 3 rd century A.D. ; Other than the snapped ...

The Early Byzantine basilica which was discovered recently in the city of Veliko Tarnovo in Northern Bulgaria may prove the key to the exploration of what was an unknown but major Byzantine city, and ...

681-1018 - First Bulgarian Empire. Bulgaria becomes an important regional power. Bulgarians besiege Constantinople in 923 and 924. In 1014, under Byzantium's Basil II "the Bulgar Slayer", ...

An Early Byzantine Christian basilica has been discovered during archaeological excavations the city of Veliko Tarnovo in Northern Bulgaria, southeast of the fortress wall of the Tsarevets Hill ...