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- 2007 EXPLORATIONS NEAR VRATSA (Nartsis Torbov – natorbov@mail.bg, Nikola Theodossiev) Foundations of Thracian buildings were documented in the locality. Different finds were discovered: coins minted by the Thracian kings Amatokos II (359 – 351 BC) and Seuthes I... Read More
- 2008 ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS NEAR VRATSA (Nartsis Torbov – natorbov@abv.bg) The western fortification wall and tower No. 1 were explored. The wall was preserved up to 1.35 m in height. Judging from a bronze scyphate minted by Manuel I Komnenos, the fortific... Read More
- 2009 ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS NEAR VRATSA (Nartsis Torbov – natorbov@abv.bg, Nikola Theodossiev) The central fortification had a pentagonal layout. The western and the eastern walls of the fortification were built of ashlars bonded with mortar with an emplec... Read More
- 2010 EXPLORATIONS NEAR VRATSA (Nartsis Torbov – natorbov@abv.bg) An Early Byzantine church was discovered, built in the 6th century AD during the reign of Justinian I and destroyed by the Slavs. Its walls, 1 – 1.25 m wide, were constructed of ashlars bonded wit... Read More
- 2011 ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS NEAR VRATSA (Nartsis Torbov – natorbov@abv.bg) Single-nave Church No. 2 was thoroughly explored. It measured 17.58 m by 5.75 m, with an apse 4.50 m in diameter and walls 1 – 1.30 m wide, constructed of cut stones bonded with mor... Read More
- 2012 ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS NEAR VRATSA (Nartsis Torbov – natorbov@abv.bg) The explorations of Church No. 2 continued. It was built at the end of the 5th century AD and existed through the first half of the 6th century AD. Graves Nos. 2, 3, and 4 were disc... Read More
- 2013 ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS NEAR VRATSA (Nartsis Torbov – natorbov@abv.bg) The exploration of Church No. 2 continued. It was built at the end of the 5th century AD during the reign of Anastasius I. Later on, an annex of the church was built. Traces from fi... Read More
- 2014 ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS NEAR VRATSA (Nartsis Torbov – natorbov@abv.bg, Alexandra Petrova) The northern parts of Trenches AB3 and AB1/4 close to the baptistery of Church No. 2 of the Late Antiquity and the inner side of the Mediaeval fortification wall ... Read More
- 2015 ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS NEAR VRATSA (Nartsis Torbov – natorbov@abv.bg, Alexandra Petrova) The explorations were carried out in a sector situated to the northeast of Late Antique Church 2. A corner of a building was discovered, built during the second h... Read More
- 2016 ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS NEAR VRATSA (Nartsis Torbov – natorbov@abv.bg, Alexandra Petrova) Wall 1 was explored. Its foundation was discovered, built of roughly-cut stones bonded with mortar and 1 m wide. The wall protected the structures built to the so... Read More
- 2017 ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS NEAR VRATSA (Nartsis Torbov – natorbov@abv.bg) The explorations of Wall No. 1 of the 13th – 14th centuries continued. It was situated to the west of the Late Antique church and was built of cut stones bonded with mortar. Wall No... Read More
- 2018 ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS NEAR VRATSA (Nartsis Torbov – natorbov@abv.bg) Structures of stones bonded with mortar were discovered beneath wall No. 1, related to the construction of Church 2 during the 6th century AD. Two walls were excavated; they shaped ... Read More

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