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March 14, 2015 · by Daniel Valandovski · in Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome / Roman Empire, Ancient Thrace, Antiquity,
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Excavations of the medieval fortress of Voden near Bulgaria’s border with Turkey. Photo by Yambol Regional Museum of
History

A total of 87 new archaeology sites of various size and age were discovered in 2014 in Yambol
District in Southeast Bulgaria
Bulgaria, the head of the Yambol Regional Museum of History
History,, Stefan
Bakarzhiev, has announced.

The District of Yambol is just one of Bulgaria

Bulgaria’s 28 administrative districts. It has a territory of 3335 TOP POSTS & PAGES
square kilometers.

All of the newly found archaeological objects in Yambol District have been included in the
Bulgaria”, an electronic system featuring sites from the 8th-7 th millennium BC
“Archaeological Map of Bulgaria”
to the 16th century AD with photos and GPS coordinates, which are really helpful in prosecutions
against treasure hunters.

The 87 newly discovered archaeology sites in Yambol District are mostly burial mounds
(tumuli), Bakardzhie
Bakardzhiev has told Radio Focus – Sliven.

But they also include one previously unknown dolmen – a single chamber megalithic tomb –
located near the town of Stranzha.

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Bakardzhiev explains that in 2014 the Yambol Regional Museum of History conducted excavations
of a number of archaeological objects
objects, with the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture providing funding for
the excavations of two sites – the Ancient Thracian city of Kabile and the “Little Fortress” near
the town of Voden close to Bulgaria’s border with Turkey.

The excavations of the medieval Bulgarian / Byzantine fortress near Voden dating back to the 12th-
13th century was funded for the jirst time by the Bulgarian government with a total of BGN 20 000 (app.
EUR 10 200). The Yambol archaeologists managed to excavate half of the inside area of the Voden
fortress with this sum. Search this site...

Bakardzhiev also says that for the jirst time since 1979 the local archaeologists have excavated the SUPPORT ARCHAEOLOGYINBULGARIA .COM!
prehistoric tumulus located near the town of Veselinovo
Veselinovo.

In 2014, they also resumed the digs at the Ancient Roman settlement located in an area known as “The
Yurt” near the town of Stroyno, Elhovo Municipality
Municipality.
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The Roman settlement near Stroyno became famous in 2007 when the team of Bulgarian
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archaeologist Daniela Agre discovered a stone sarcophagus with unique golden decorations, and
ceramic and glass vessels. (Cyrillic) Alphabet and Culture (Day of St.

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However, the Ancient Roman site near Stroyno has been ravaged by treasure hunters in the past Top 20 Stories by
10 years, and, in the words of the director of the Yambol Regional Museum of History
History, it now looks like
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a battlejield, with over 200 pits dug up by treasure hunters on an area of some 200 decares (app. 50
acres). Silver Coin of Co-Emperors of Second

Bulgarian Empire Ivan Alexander, Mihail

Several ancient necropolises studied by archaeologists Daniela Agre near Stroyno, Borisovo,
Asen Released by National Bank,
and Boyanovo are connected with this Roman settlement
settlement, Bakardzhiev says.
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Speaking at a news conference in early March 2015, Bakardzhiev explained that Bulgaria’s Yambol Collection
District is extremely rich in terms of archaeological heritage featuring about 4000 1st Century BC Traces of Earliest Roman
archaeology sites from dieerent ages.
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Bulgaria’s Yambol District, which has a territory of 3335 square kilometers, boasts about 4000 Ratiaria (Archar)
archaeology sites
sites, averaging more than one archaeology site per square kilometer. Those include over
6th Century BC Corinthian Aryballos
3000 burial mounds (tumuli) of which fewer than 2%, or about 60, have been excavated and
researched
researched; over 300 prehistoric settlements and settlement mounds
mounds; about 50 fortijied towns (Athlete’s Oil Flask) from Varna Becomes
from the Antiquity period (including the Late Iron Age, Ancient Thrace and Ancient Rome, April 2021 ‘Exhibit of the Month’ of
and the Late Antiquity); and about 50 fortijied towns from the Middle Ages (Bulgaria and
Bulgaria’s National Museum of
Byzantium)
Byzantium). In addition to the 60 excavated burial mounds, only about 20 of the rest of the
Archaeology
archaeological sites have been excavated and studied
studied. A total of 87 new archaeological sites, mostly
burial mounds but also a dolmen
dolmen, were discovered in Bulgaria’s Yambol District in 2014 alone.
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The Ancient Thracian city of Kabile is a nowadays Archaeological Preserve located 10 km away for
the southeastern Bulgarian city of Yambol
Yambol. The city of Kabile was founded around 2000 BC, and was Commercial Property Expert
one of the most important cities of Ancient Thrace
Thrace. In fact, it is believed to have been one of the royal Konstantin Kaeedzhiyski:
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Thracians
Thracians. In 341 BC, Kabile was conquered by Philip II of Macedon
Macedon. The Ancient Thracian city is
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mentioned by 14 ancient authors
authors, the jirst of whom describes its conquest by Philip II of Macedon
Macedon.
After the collapse of Alexander the Great empire, in the 3rd century BC, Kabile was ruled once again
Great’s empire
by the Ancient Thracians. It was conquered by the Roman Empire in 71 BC, and later was incorporated French Energy Giant Total
into the Roman province of Thrace
Thrace. It was an important regional center in the Late Antiquity as well. Ends Single Largest
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Cybele, a protector of the city. In the 4th century
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AD, Kabile was conquered by the Goths
Goths, and was later destroyed for good by the Avars
Avars. The Kabile Islamist Attacks in
Archaeological Reserve was established in 1965 on a territory of 650 decares (160 acres). It features
Mozambique
ancient structures such as the agora (a central square), Roman barracks, Roman thermae, a
bishop’s basilica, among others. Kabile is excavated every year by archaeological teams from
Bulgaria and abroad. No Merger of Russia, Belarus,
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The “Little Fortress” near the town of Voden is located in Yambol District, close to Bulgaria’s Kremlin Says after Putin-
border with Turkey. The medieval Bulgarian / Byzantine fortress near Voden dates back to the Lukashenko Meeting
12th-13 th century. It was excavated for the jirst time with government funding in 2014.

The Ancient Roman town near Stroyno,, Yambol District, Southeast Bulgaria
Bulgaria, is located in an area Palestinians, Jewish Activists
known as “ The Yurt”
Yurt”. It became famous to the general public back in 2007 when the team of Bulgarian Skirmish in East Jerusalem in
archaeologist Daniela Agre discovered there a stone sarcophagus with unique golden decorations, Worst Clashes in Days amid
and ceramic and glass vessels. Several ancient necropolises studied by Daniela Agre near Stroino, Ramadan Tensions
Borisovo, and Boyanovo are connected with this Roman settlement
settlement. After the discovery of a
fragment of a Roman Navy veteran’s diploma in 2014
2014, the Bulgarian archaeologists have
hypothesized that the Roman town near Stroyno was settled by retired Roman military veterans
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of Thracian origin
origin. In the past decade, the Roman town has been savagely destroyed by treasure Coming, Both Russia and
hunters
hunters. According to the director of the Yambol Regional Museum of Histor
History,
y, Stefan Ukraine Got What They
Bakardzhiev
Bakardzhiev, the one-time Roman settlement now looks like a battlejield, with over 200 pits dug up by Wanted, Russian Journalist
treasure hunters in an area of 200 decares (app. 50 acres). Says

Treasure hunting and illegal trafficking of antiques have been rampant in Bulgaria after the
collapse of the communist regime in 1989 (and allegedly before that). Estimates vary but some
consider this the second most projitable activity for the Bulgarian majia after drug trafjicking
trafjicking. One LATEST FROM: PAX GLOCALICA
recent estimate suggests its annual turnover amounts to BGN 500 million (app. EUR 260 million), and
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of whom are low-level impoverished diggers. Konstantin Kaeedzhiyski:
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