Perperikon’s Lost Name Revealed – It Was Pergamum
Archaeologists say the ancient rock city of Perperikon in the Eastern Rhodopes was once called Pergamum, based on the 2nd-century maps of…
Tsar Samuel Comes Home After a Thousand Years
Some stories take a thousand years to reach their ending. This October, one of them finally did: the remains of Tsar Samuel,…
Blood and Freedom: The April Uprising of 1876 | Кръв и свобода
We bow to the heroes of the April Uprising of 1876 — the rising that shook Europe and put the Bulgarian cause on the world stage. In Bulgarian and English.
Khan Kubrat – Founder of Old Great Bulgaria
Founder of Old Great Bulgaria and the father of Asparuh — Khan Kubrat and his famous lesson of the bundle of sticks: unity brings strength. In English and Bulgarian.
Khan Krum — The Lawgiver and Warrior Who Shaped Bulgaria
Khan Krum turned Bulgaria into a regional power and gave it its first written laws. His rise, his victories and his legacy — in English and Bulgarian.
Tsar Simeon the Great — The Golden Age of Bulgaria
Educated in Constantinople, Simeon I turned Bulgaria into a centre of power and learning — the Golden Age of Bulgaria. In English and Bulgarian.
The Invention of the Cyrillic Alphabet | Създаването на кирилицата
How the literary schools of Preslav and Ohrid gave the world the Cyrillic alphabet — today used by more than 250 million people. In English and Bulgarian.
Bulgaria – The Hidden Crossroads of Civilisations
From the world’s oldest processed gold to the birthplace of Cyrillic — Bulgaria is where Thracians, Romans, Slavs and Bulgars left their layers of history.
Khan Asparuh: The Founder of Bulgaria and a Visionary Leader
Founder of the First Bulgarian Empire in 681 AD — how Khan Asparuh’s vision created a state that has endured for thirteen centuries.