At the site of Perperikon, famous Bulgarian archaeologist Nikolay Ovcharov has unearthed a cache of gold and silver coins from the medieval period. The coins had probably been buried during the Ottoman invasion. Perperikon dates to the Thracian period and is known for its citadel and churches. Heavy rains uncovered Maori bones at a public park […]

The Taliban destroyed Afghanistan’s Bamiyan Buddhas as religious idols in 2001. Now, a group of archaeological conservationists known as the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) wants to rebuild them, despite UNESCO’s decision that there wasn’t enough left of the larger statue to make that possible. Others argue that the money would be better spent […]