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Just year after the exploration of the Cybele’s temple near Balchik, the archaeologists Igor Lazarenko, Elina Mircheva and Radostina Encheva have found two statues during excavation works. They both represent Cybele and it is presumed that probably they have been possessed by Aphrodite or Dionysus, relief of Thracian horse rider, another relief of three nymphs, limestone plate with relief illustration of lion also.
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The ferscoes at the Thracian tomb near Kazanlak are mural paintings by the Thracian Kodzimasis and the tomb has been ordered by the possessor Roygos, son of Seuthes III.
Such hot news were announced by associate professor Konstantin Boshnakov for the department of ancient history, Thracology and Middle ages history in Sofya University at the end of the last week, Friday, 20th May. The associated professor figures that on an fresco at the Thracian tomb near Kazanlak is illustrated the ruler Roygos and his father Seuthes III . An year ago, mister Boshnakov saw superscription straight at the cupola inside the tomb, made above the figures of the two posessors and at the field of thеse three chariots. The associated professor have doubts about this and after the confirmation of his request to get in and do new pictures, that corroborate the theory. At the following studies with infra red and ultraviolet shines,the scientists have found that the superscription “painted by Kodzimasis” and under it the following: ” Roygos, son of Seuthes III “.
Continue reading The Ferscoes at the Thracian tomb near Kazanlak - mural paintings by the Thracian painter Kodzimasis?
The situated in the south-eastern party of the present city Varna Roman thermae (balnearia, Balneae and balineae also) are the biggest public, ancient building ever found in Bulgaria, after Perperikon probably. These quite preserved walls are tracing out the imposing dimensions of this building, erected up on about 7000 square meters terrain. The fat walls has been built in specific technology, that take it in turns stone wall and five to six ranges of densely clay bricks. That inside stairs and the vault arch of the doors are shaped by enormous stone blocks, there are still rests at some places from terrific mosaic fragments. They are giving us quite good imagination for the rich decoration of the public building, along with the marble fragments, the capitals and the tiges.
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“Was set up this Glory Temple of our Most Holy Virgin Mary with help and outlays to all pious chritstians of this city. Year 1602 “
This inscription ( in Greek letters) written at marble plaque, situated inside the church is getting us back in the time, at the troubled times, when this temple has been built. It remains that this is the olderst church in Varna, fact that makes us asking ourself: What we knows about it? This inscription is so short.. We knows the church ‘ the Assu of Most Holy Merry’ in this condition, but it is due to reconstructions. Originally the Temple has been with dimensions 7 meters long and 8 meters weight. The first reconstruction adds little angle to west with enlargement of 2.4 meters. Much later, it is enlarged with 4.5 meters more and lastly, following the same direction there is enlargement 7.5 meters and rise with about 0,40 meters. That is the way how the temple has been shaped for the view in present time.
At the last couple of years the Temple has been fully renovated and we all owe a debt of gratitude to these three persons about it- Dimiter Lefterov, Lazar Vichev and Edelvais Nikolov and all other sponsors, donors and contributors.
For Varna’s citizens this Temple will always be “the one with the miraculous sacred image”. For the miraculous sacred image of Holy Virgin Mary with the infant (that is still at the church) we know the following legend. This icon has been found in the summer of year 1602 by Christian at the ‘Teke Karaach’ area, situated for about 3 km north-western direction to Varna. There has been situated old Bulgarian monastery dated to the Second Bulgarian Kingdom with water spring and three big elm-trees. Going to the spring for water, this person is seeing on the top of the middle one, the highest elm-tree an icon, just between the boughs. He is getting right back at town saying to the priest what he had saw. Word went around that sacred image, and there are so many Christians. front of their doors in short time.
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The ‘Saint Dimiter’ church is situated under the north-eastern slope of Trapezica, at the right coast of Yantra river, This is the oldest and precious dated middle age church in Turnovgrad. This temple is related to the manifestation of the rebel of the Bulgarians during the 1185 under the rule of the boyars Peter and Asen for rejecting the Byzantian domination. After the successful end of the rebel and the restoring of the Bulgarian Kingdom, the church probably has been reformed into King’s one. Here are crowned the first possessors of the Asen’s dynasty- Peter, Asen, Kaloyan. Little bit later, at the end of XVII century and the beginning of XVII century, toward the church has been constructed and monastery. Dated to this buildings are the archaeological finds after 1971, four big buildings , situated toward the east, west and south directions. The church “ Saint Dimiter” and the monastery survive to the third quarter of XIII when they are demolished, probably by earth shake. Later, during the XV century with materials from the demolished church, southern to her has been erected another church, which is on the basements of the southern monastery building. After the destroying of the “Saint Dimiter” church and the monastery around during the second half of the XIV century, here has been created big Christiandom necropolis, that survive until the XX century, There are explored and investigated more that 500 funerals by this necropolis, all the finds and rests are preserved at ossuary in the northern part f the yard.
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This unique sculptural effigy with head of ancient warrior was found at the conservation works on the citadel in Pliska. For the archaeologists this might be the first human face effigy ever found at Bulgaria. The statue has been made by limestone that must be from the Shumen’s plateau area. The face of the ancient warrior got lineaments of Asian Bulgars. Sign of fight sore at the left cheek gives ope to the archaeologists that the warrior could be one of the rulers during the first bulgarian empire.
“Our first association was similar to the early turks bare liefs, especially the so called “Keman’s grannies”, explain the archaeologist Valeri Grigorov.
