ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS NEAR THE VILLAGE OF SINEMORETS (Daniela Agre – daniela.agre@abv.bg, Deyan Dichev) The explorations of the oven discovered in 2012 continued in Trenches I5-I6. In Sector West, Christian burials Nos. 9, 10, 11 and 12 of the 18th – 19th centuries were explored, dug out into the Hellenistic stratum. The grave goods comprised bronze beads, a small terracotta plate with a cross and letters, a bronze finger-ring and ceramic vessels. Iron nails from the coffins were discovered in the graves. In Sector East, a single-nave church with a narthex and two entrances from the south and from the west was explored, 17 m long and 7.80 m wide. Its walls were constructed of uneven stones bonded with mud and mortar. The finds included sherds from dishes, bowls and pitchers. The church dated to the 18th – 19th centuries. The finds from the excavations included sherds of the 2nd century BC, including from Greek amphorae, sherds of the 18th – 19th centuries and Ottoman coins with small face value.