#Parthicopolis

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Archaeologists Find Shrines in Ancient Heraclea Sintica in Southwest Bulgaria, Evidence of Row with Roman City Parthicopolis

Archaeologists Find Shrines in Ancient Heraclea Sintica in Southwest Bulgaria, Evidence of Row with Roman City Parthicopolis

Lead archaeologist Lyudmil Vagalinski shows the last of the total of four ancient shrines discovered after every three stores in the city of Heraclea Sintica. Photo: TV grab from BNT

Shrines located within the stores lining the main square of the Ancient Thracian, Greek, and Roman city of Heraclea Sintica near Petrich in Southwest Bulgaria have been discovered by archaeologists – alongside…

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Archaeologists Discover Hand from Huge Roman Statue at Early Christian Site

Archaeologists have discovered the hand of a huge Roman marble statue while excavating the Early Christian monuments in the Ancient Thracian and Roman city of Parthicopolis in the southwestern Bulgarian town of Sandanski.

The large fragment from the Ancient Roman statue was discovered on April 1, 2015, as the local archaeologists are continuing the excavations of two Late Antiquity basilicas (out of a total of four basilicas found there), including the so called Bishop John’s Basilica, and an “Early Christian Complex”, Vladimir Petkov, Director of the Sandanski Museum of Archaeology has announced, as cited by the Bulgarian daily standart.

“We have strumbled upon one more find dating back to the 1st-3rd century AD – part of the arm of a marble statue. Read more.

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Ancient Roman Gold Necklace Discovered by Archaeologists in Ancient City Heraclea Sintica in Southwest Bulgaria

Ancient Roman Gold Necklace Discovered by Archaeologists in Ancient City Heraclea Sintica in Southwest Bulgaria

The 4th century AD gold necklace discovered in the ancient city of Heraclea Sintica in Southwest Bulgaria was likely produced by a jeweler in Rome. Photo: TV grab from the Bulgarian National Television

A sophisticated Ancient Roman gold necklace from the 4th century AD has been discovered by the team of archaeologists excavating the Ancient Thracian, Greek, and Roman city of Heraclea Sintica,…