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Posted on 08/17/2024 5:52:44 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
In Plovdiv, in southern Bulgaria, archaeologists have discovered over 500 ancient coins and a gold template for making jewelry from different periods.
The coins were found during salvage excavations at the foot of the Old Town, in the Philipopol-Trimontium-Plovdiv historical zone, which is a group cultural monument. It is located next to the Eastern Gate of Philippopolis, BTA reports.
Plovdiv is an ancient city built around 7 hills, in southern Bulgaria. It has been recognized as one of the oldest settlements in Europe, with evidence of habitation reaching as far back as the 6th millennium BC. Until relatively recently in its history, the city was known as Philippopolis as it was conquered by Philip II of Macedon during the 4th century BC.
Originally, a Thracian settlement of the banks of Bulgaria's largest river, The Maritsa, the Plovdiv has had a turbulent history and has been invaded by Persians, Greeks, Celts, Romans, Goths, Huns, Bulgarians, Slav-Vikings, The Crusaders and The Ottomans, in the past...
The coins found are mostly bronze and prove that the area has been inhabited for more than 2500 years. "The coins are subject to restoration and I cannot say if they are only bronze because sometimes silver coins have a thick patina and are difficult to identify in the field," Davydova explains...
A special inscription was also discovered at the beginning of fieldwork on the site. It is most likely an honorific inscription from a pedestal for a statue dating from the time of Emperor Septimius Severus (193-211), according to Dr. Nikolay Sharankov, a specialist in epigraphy. Also, a special team will be formed to analyze the inscription.
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Wow, incredible as always. All these ancient treasures still buried and waiting to be found all over the world.
In case you were wondering, Plovdiv is pronounced ˈpɫɔvdif. In Bulgarian: Пловдив.
I’ll have to jot that down. :^)
Dang, no translation, that probably means it’s a Bulgarian transliteration of an earlier name. Nice feature, there’s a pronounciation button.
https://translate.google.com/?sl=bg&tl=en&text=Plovdiv&op=translate
Your article mentioned how many times Philippopolis was conquered and changed hands. Imagine living under all those different conquerors in a short period of time.
Wiki —> [Back in the beginning,] Philippopolis was founded as a polis by the father of Alexander the Great, Philip the Great (r. 359–336 BC), the king of ancient Macedonia, settling there both Thracians and 2,000 Macedonians and Greeks in 342 BCE. Control of the city alternated between the Macedonian kingdom and the Thracian Odrysian kingdom during the Hellenistic period; the Macedonian king Philip V (r. 221–179 BC) reoccupied the city in 183 BC and his successor Perseus (r. 179–168 BC) held the city with the Odrysians until the Roman Republic conquered the Macedonian kingdom in 168 BCE. Philippopolis became the capital of the Roman province of Thracia. The city was at the centre of the road network of inland Thrace, and the strategic Via Militaris was crossed by several other roads at the site, leading to the Danube, the Aegean Sea, and the Black Sea. The Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (r. 161–180 AD) built a new wall around the city.
What a strategic location.
Dig all night!
I have a few times.
ditto- neat to see history come alive with cool finds
Professor Severus Snape (Harry Potter series) has a royal blood line!
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