Although not a central stage of the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture, Bulgaria houses intriguing archaeological traces that hint at the subtle influence of this remarkable Bronze Age civilization.

The Achaemenid Persian Empire, founded by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC, was one of the ancient world’s largest and most powerful...

Discover the submerged cultures beneath today’s Black Sea. From the Hamangia and Varna civilizations to the Black Sea flood hypothesis, archaeology and ancient texts reveal how climate change and rising waters may have shaped myths like Noah’s Flood.

How the Sofia–Skopje railway and the Deve Bair tunnel went from 1910 optimism and 1940s concrete to a 2020s EU‑backed comeback.

Long before the pyramids rose or the first cities flourished, humanity’s fascination with gold began on the shores of the Black Sea, where the Varna Necropolis revealed the world’s oldest processed gold, reshaping our understanding of ancient civilization.