ST. MARY MAGDALENE MONASTERY (Snezhana Goryanova – sgoryanova@gmail.com, Vladislav Todorov) The foundation of the timber fence of the bema was explored in the northeastern part of the basilica. The nave was 25.90 m long and 9.25 m wide, while the aisles were 3.81 m and 3.92 m wide. The narthex was c. 17 m long and 3.29 m wide and its floor was plastered with mortar. The exonarthex was 3.59 m wide. Part of a wall built in rubble masonry similar to the apse of the basilica was discovered at the northeastern corner of the nave. It probably belonged to an earlier church. Coins of Caracalla and Severus Alexander were found. Thirty-five coins from the time when the basilica functioned were discovered as well. The coins dated from the middle of the 4th to the first quarter of the 6th centuries AD (the latest coin belonged to Justin I) and were mainly of the 5th century AD. Seventeen Christian graves were explored. The grave goods included earrings, glass and bronze bracelets, gilded silver appliqués from a diadem. The cemetery dated from the second half of the 14th to the beginning of the 18th centuries. The dead individuals were from 2 to 60 – 65 years old and were eight women, five men and four children. The finds from the excavations also included Ottoman silver coins of the second half of the 18th – beginning of the 19th centuries, German counters and West European coins of the 19th century.