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 ...

The map used by the tourist firm in Uzbekistan shows the First Bulgarian Empire (681 AD – 1018 AD) when Bulgaria encompassed all of Southeastern Europe, a vast area of close to 1 million square ...

In the Slavic world and Bulgaria's cultural and spiritual evolution, their work represents a watershed moment in the history of the Orthodox Church and the country's contribution to Christianity.

New fragments have been discovered from the earliest known Bulgarian-made icon – a ceramic icon of St. Theodore Stratilates dating back to the 10th century AD, the height of the First Bulgarian Empire ...

Madara was the principal sacred place of the First Bulgarian Empire before Bulgaria’s conversion to Christianity in the 9th century. The inscriptions beside the sculpture tell of events that occurred ...

The Akkadian Empire existed for a short time between 2334-2218 BCE, and was founded by Sargon the Great (or Sargon of Akkad), probably its most famous ruler.

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 ...

Under Nikephoros II Phokas (963-969), Ioannes (John) Tzimiskes (969-976), and Basil II (976-1025) the embattled empire launched a series of successful counter-offensives against the Muslim Abbasid ...

The ruins of what was the oldest Christian church from the period of the Middle Ages in the ancient and medieval city of Drastar (known as Durustorum in the Roman period) have been discoveredduring ...

Tsar Samuil ruled the first Bulgarian Empire in the 10th Century, conquering lands in modern-day Macedonia, Serbia, Albania and northern Greece.

Madara was the principal sacred place of the First Bulgarian Empire before Bulgaria’s conversion to Christianity in the 9th century. The inscriptions beside the sculpture tell of events that occurred ...