Donation of books from the personal library of Eng. Ivan Ivanov
Books from the personal library of the former mayor of Sofia Eng. Ivan Ivanov were donated today to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Vice-President Prof. Emanuel Moutafov received the valuable editions at a meeting with [...]
Max Planck Institute for Anthropology in Leipzig funds NMNHS-BAS research
The excavations of the palaeontological team of the National Museum of Natural History (NMNHS-BAS) in the Late Miocene Azmaka trove (Chirpan region), led by Prof. Nikolai Spassov, have aroused particular international interest in connection [...]
Sensational discoveries about weaponry in Europe in the 1st millennium BC
Bronze fibula The existence of a significant archaeological site related to Thracian antiquity in the land of the village of Palat, Strumiani municipality, has long been known. The Archaeological Museum in Sandanski [...]
The expedition of the National Museum of Natural History near Tran successfully completed
Part of the expedition team (from left to right): Assoc. Prof. Docho Dochev, Asst. Prof. Vladimir Nikolov, Prof. Marlena Yaneva and Georgi Sevov. Photo: Latinka Hristova The eighth palaeontological expedition of the [...]
Corr. Memb. Ivan Rusev on the early history of the Bulgarian lev
(We are publishing author's text with edits and abbreviations) Recently, the Bulgarian society has been very agitated by the monetary policy issues. The occasion is the upcoming adoption of the euro in Bulgaria and Bulgaria's [...]
New exhibition presents objects from a Thracian burial
The President of BAS, Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva, opened "The Glitter of Hellenistic Gold. The Lord of Sakar" exhibition. The official ceremony was held on August 12 at the National Archaeological Institute with Museum [...]
The National Festival of Folklore in Koprivshtitsa has kept the tradition for 60 years
Scientists from the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum in partnership with the Institute of Art Studies jury and document the program of the assembly The Vice-President of BAS Prof. Emmanuel [...]
The restored second statue of Heraclea Sintica – for the first time in the National Archaeological Institute with Museum of BAS
The fully restored second ancient marble statue of Heraclea Sintica was shown for the first time to the public at the National Archaeological Institute with Museum of BAS (NAIM-BAS) - upright, fortified and with its [...]
The new book of Corr. Memb. Angel Stefanov “Changing Views of Space, Time, and the Universe” published
The new book of Corr. Memb. Angel Stefanov: Changing Views of Space, Time, and the Universe, brought out by Lambert Academic Publishing. This book explores how and why modern scientific knowledge is undergoing conceptual changes [...]