SOFIA, BULGARIA—Archaeology in Bulgaria reports that a solid gold Christian reliquary purported to contain particles of the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified has been uncovered in a ...

Police say there are 300 criminal treasure-hunting gangs in Bulgaria at present, but as many as 50,000 people are thought to be involved in illegal digging in some form.

RADNEVO, BULGARIA—Archaeology in Bulgaria reports that nails from wooden coffins and glass, bronze, and silver jewelry have been recovered from a twelfth-century Christian necropolis in southern ...

Another historical treasure from the Roman days has been unearthed: this time in Bulgaria. A 2-meter-sized Roman statue of a possibly important emperor was discovered near Varna (formerly the ...

From an archaeological point of view, Bulgaria has some of the richest digs around. The problem is, plunderers are aware of the valuable treasure as well. And they often get there first.

The coins were found in August during an archaeological dig in the village of Debnevo in northern Bulgaria. Excavations in Debnevo and the nearby fortress, which was built in the early fifth ...

In an ancient city in southern Bulgaria, archaeologists have discovered evidence of a past culture, but it may raise more questions than answers. At the Great Mound of Plovdiv, a stone temple ...

On the banks of the Danube, in the northwest corner of Bulgaria, lie the remnants of an ancient Roman settlement called Ratiaria, host to a priceless cultural heritage. Craters pockmark the huge ...

Bulgaria has a rich archaeological history covering all the epochs. Pre history, middle and dark ages, Byzantine, Roman, Iron, Bronze and Neolithic. So when Nigel King was approached to participate in ...

The 1,700-year-old remains of three people—a child and two adults—were recently unearthed by excavators in Bulgaria. Archaeologist Elena Bozhinova from the Plovdiv Museum of Archaeology found ...

Another remarkable archaeological find was made in Heraclea Sintica, a city in Bulgaria. Archaeologists unexpectedly discovered a well-preserved statue of the Greek messenger god Hermes during ...

Sofia - Archaeologists in Bulgaria have discovered the largest Thracian sanctuary, dating from the 5th century BC, Georgy Kitov, director of Thracian archaeology at the Bulgarian Academy of ...