The remains of an ancient Thracian short town from the early on Iron Age produce got been found yesteryear archaeologists on St Thomas Island, almost 15km due south of Sozopol on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, the National History Museum announced.
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The findings were made during the get-go phase of an archaeological written report of the sites on the island, which is almost 0.012 foursquare kilometres inward size together with is business office of Bulgaria’s Ropotamo Nature Reserve. The isle is 0.2 nautical miles due south of Humata Foreland inward Arkutino Bay.
The isle takes its cite from a chapel dedicated to Saint Thomas that ane time existed on it. It has roughly other name, Snake Island, from the grayness H2O snakes that are plentiful inward the waters surrounding it.
The results of the excavations volition enrich the database of the rich cultural heritage of the reserve together with volition hold out the reason for their preservation together with protection, the museum’s tilt said.
With funding from Bulgaria’s Ministry of Culture, the archaeological studies inward the surface area of Arkutino nigh Sozopol volition proceed underwater, where Professor Hristov’s squad volition examine a reef believed to produce got been dry out province at the fourth dimension of antiquity.
Source: The Sofia Globe [July 04, 2018]
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