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Sunken Fortress from Ancient Thrace Discovered at Bulgaria’s St. Thomas Island Which Used to Be Black Sea Peninsula

Sunken Fortress from Ancient Thrace Discovered at Bulgaria’s St. Thomas Island Which Used to Be Black Sea Peninsula

A diver from the underwater archaeology expedition shows one of the stone blocks that made up the outer wall of the sunken fortress on what is today St. Thomas Island off the coast of Bulgaria’s Primorsko. Photo: National Museum of History

A now sunkengptytr fortress from Ancient Thrace has been discovered at the tiny St. Thomas Island (also known as Snake Island) off Bulgaria’s Black Seacoast…

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Bulgaria’s 2013 season underway with new discoveries

The archaeology season for Bulgaria is underway, with 2013 already seeing new discoveries.

Among these are the finding of a prehistoric sanctuary near the Via Diagonalis Roman road site and a new dating of the Cape Akra, now believed to be from the time of Trojan War.

The projects underway this year include a study of the ancient city of Heraclea Sintica, near the temple of Vanga, the Bulgarian reputed to have been a prophetess. The team carrying out this project includes 12 students from the United States. The Bulgarians in the team include Dr Lyudmil Vagalinski of the National Institute of Archaeology, Dr Sirma Alexandrova, Dr Ivo Tcholakov and the director of the Petrich museum, Sotir Ivanov. Read more.