The Bulgarian archaeologist Veselin Ignatov has found fully preserved Thracian chariot at meadow near the town of Nova Zagora. The last comparatively preserved chariots ever found in Bulgaria have been found at Building works the last century. At the most of these cases they’ve been damaged from the baggers or plunder by treasure hunters.
This find near Nova Zagora got large dating- the end of first century- the beginning of third century of the new era and embrace 3 horses - 2 in harness and one break in, two-wheeled carriage with soft hanging, endings from heavy bronze with eagle head’s shape and collapsible iron chair. The scientific team is presuming that at the continuous excavations will find many more objects. That explored till now artifacts are changing the imaginations for the order and peculiarity of the such kind Thracian funerals.
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At the eastern necropolis of the ancient Rome settlement Abritus near Razgrad archaeologists come upon stone Roman sarcophagus from the 2nd century. At the sarcophagus are detected skeletons from primary and secondary obsequies. The late ancient settlement Abritus is one of the best studied, developed and exposed ancient towns at Bulgaria.

At excavations of early Christiandom bishop basilica from 5-6 century at Sandanski, archaeologists has found water-supply outfit, build by granite tiles. According to the words by the regional museum director, Vladimir Petkov, it is interesting as building practice and such outfit has never been found in Bulgaria. The outfit was found indoor, at the bishop’s basilica, were the believers has been assembled before liturgy. That’s fountain, constructed by massive granite tiles, with four bronze spouts, tight with lead, explain the archaeologist Vladimir Petkov. The outfit is near by 6 meters tall and 40 centimeters deep. It is not certificated how this outfit has been provided with water. Probably it is proceeded with the force of interconnected vessels- equipment, well known ever since Effes, adds Petkov.
The scientists are believing that they will find new proofs for the early Christiandom object.
” We believe and we hope that one script will help us for the dating of the target and also for finding the ancient name of our town” says Petkov.
This project is financed by the FAR program.

So many and interesting are the latest finds of the archaeolgists from that team with director of the studies Boni Petrunova, which were found at Kaliakra cape. The archaeologists are working on area of 400 square meters at branch, which was unknown till now- that so called suburb. The results for now are very good, for the period of one archaeological season they have found two sepulchres, one stony building and 40 finds.
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Archaeologists’ team with director of the studies Krustina Panaiotova has found stony sepulchre dated to the 4th century b.c. It is male tomb and there is green stregul found near it. It is object, used from the athletes in the past.That Krustina Panaiotova’s team has found another tomb few days ago. It is supposed that might be one of gamester, because there were found also cons, dies and pieces. These finds are both from the necropolis at Sozopol. These year might be celebrated the 15th year since the repairing of the excavations there.

Fully preserved ornament of young female aristocrat was found at the excavations of Kaliakra promontory. That was announced by the director of the studies Boni Perunova from the archaeological institute and museum of the Bulgarian Academy of sciences, after the work of specialists. The ornament has been found at the suburb sector’s excavation of the stronghold, when was open a tomb of young woman. She is inhumed at assiduously made stone sepulchre. Up on her forehead the archaeologists have found rich ornament for female. Such ornaments can not be found so often, adds Boni Petrunova. It is known that at the Middle ages such ornaments has been used from female aristocrats.