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Here we present selected parts of the very informative paper titled “Byzantium and Bulgaria: How an Empire Created its Greatest Threat“, by Conor Roan Continue reading “Roman Empire fails to manipulate the Bulghars; from Boris I to Peter”
In this article we present five Thracian funerary sites that were found in today’s Bulgaria. Continue reading “Thracian Tombs in Bulgaria”
Natural phenomenon “Stone Forest” is better known with its Bulgarian name “Pobiti kamani” which could be translated as “stones beaten into the ground”. Seven large and several separate small groups are located on the north and south from the Beloslav Lake. These are numerous limestone pillars as high as 10 m, hollow or solid cylinders, truncated cones and single rocks and cliffs. Continue reading “Pobiti Kamani – A desert and stone forest in Bulgaria”
A hoard of 6,500-year-old Copper Age axes and ax hammers – Europe’s largest such find so far – has been discovered by accident near the town of Polkovnik Taslakovo, Dulovo Municipality, Silistra District, in Northeast Bulgaria. Continue reading “Europe’s largest hoard of Copper Age axes found in Northeast Bulgaria”
Here we present the Megalithic Thracian city found in the area of Perperikon, Bulgaria. Continue reading “Perperikon: the largest megalithic complex in the Balkans”
Bulgars were pastoralists originally from central Asia, who migrated westward to the steppe (q.v.) north of the Caspian Sea, as did the Huns and the Avars (qq.v.). Continue reading “Bulgars and Bulgaria”
