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 ...

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", ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ahead of the 830th anniversary of the founding of the Second Bulgarian Empire, the northern Bulgarian city of Veliko Tarnovo has opened for visitors and planned special events the restored St. Dimitar ...