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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Under Excavation works near Balchik was found second one meter high statue at the place where 700 years ago have been the temple of Asia Minor (Anatolian) goddess Cybele (Magna Mater, Rhea). Such great news were announced by the Regional Historical Museum at Varna. This temple was found at emergency excavations from Igor Lazarenko from Varna’s Archaeological museum who is leader of the team also.
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At the excavations of the middle age stronghold Kostrici near Evksinograd archaeological team with director of the studies Valentin Pletniov has found well preserved skeleton of woman at the narthex of single-hull church. It is for first time that is found archaeological testified denture. That denture is embracing six front teeth at the upper jaw and probably has been made from some kind of ceramic, because the material does not react to metal. Doctor Pletniov adds that the denture has been used for years, because it is knit with the bone together and has been calcifyed. The tomb, where the skeleton hass been found is dating to the end of 14th and the beginning of 15th century. It can be supposed that the woman has been from illustrious descent.
The archaeologists has found also the foundations of big building at the Kostrici stronghold, probably port warehouse with dimensions 15 meters to 8 meters. That’s the fourth year of continuing archaeological excavations at Kostrici stronghold near Evksinograd, which has been built at Vth century and the name of the stronghold from this period is unknown. The stronghold is demolished at 614th year when are the Avar-Slavic invasions. She has been repaired at the beginning of XIV century and goes popular with the name Kostrici.

North of the city of Varna, there is a village expressively called Kamen Briag / or which means Stony Coast/. The Stone Coast (Kamen Bryag in Bulgarian; known also as ‘Yaylata’) lies on the sea coast between the beautiful Kaliakra and Shabla capes. A village by the same name of Kamen Bryag (Stone Coast) is located 2km north of the Yaylata area.Although Yaylata is a bit far from the most popular resorts and hence is little known as a tourist attraction, it is one of the most amazing places along the Bulgarian coast. It represents an oval ledge, broken off the Dobrudja plate by the coast. The big cliffs make this area almost inaccessible, except via a few narrow paths among the rocks. About 40 caves can be found in the vertical cliffs hanging over the sea. Their smoothed walls and niches dug deep into the rock speak about the existence of an ancient cave settlement there. There are also remains of a stronghold dating back to Roman and Byzantine times. A 90 ha region is declared a protected archaeological area. Between the village of Kamen Briag and the sea shore lies a stretch of land covered in August with yellow grass and ripe thorns. The soil at this place is several inches deep, beneath is rock. Found around are small amounts of oil, small amounts of natural gas and a large number of tales.

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