At the Gates of the Royal Court. Treasures of Veliki Preslav, Колектив, Национален археологически институт и музей - БАН, 2019

At the Gates of the Royal Court. Treasures of Veliki Preslav

Автор: Колектив
Раздел: Нумизматика, сфрагистика, ордени, съкровища
Издателство: Национален археологически институт и музей - БАН
Народност: българска
ISBN: 9789549472837
първо издание, 2019 год.
меки корици, 184 стр.
Цена: 25,00 лв

150 year ago, through the Bulgarian Literary Society, the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences was born. Its primary focus was on the Bulgarian language and culture and the knowledge of the past which could revive the Bulgarian national spirit. The pursuit of this aim is reflected in the first records of remains dating back from ancient times to the modern period, made by eminent researchers such as Felix Kanitz and Karel Skorpil. The wide interest among intelligent and educated people resulted in many choosing to attend European universities to gain the knowledge and the skills to become archaeologist.

The newly liberated Bulgarian state aims at manifesting the connection with its medieval heritage and thus the archaeological excavations at the medieval capital cities Pliska, Veliki Preslav and Tarnovo were set as one of the most important tasks of the National Museum.

For the past 122 years, Preslav has been the love and the destiny of generations of Bulgarian archaeologists, starting with Vasil Zlatarski and Yordan Gospodinov. The thought about the second Bulgarian capital city evokes the names of archaeologists, such as Krustyu Miyatev, Vera Ivanova-Mavrodinova, Nikola Mavrodinov, Ivanka Akrabova-Zhandova, Yordanka Changova, Nikola Angelov, Stancho Vaklinov, Totyu Totev, Georgi Dzhingov, Dimitar Ovcharov, Rasho Rashev, Irina Shtereva, Tonka Mihailova, and those of architects, such as Boris Ignatov, Dafina Vasileva and Dragomir Dzhidrov. In recent years the most intensive archaeological excavations and studies were carried out by Ivan Yordanov, Kazimir Popkonstantinov, Zhivko Aladzhov, Nikolay Ovcharov, Stoycho Bonev, Stoyan Vitlyanov, Pavel Georgiev, Todor Balabanov and Angel Konakliev. Their work is continued by their students Snezhana Goryanova, Maria Manolova-Voykova, Rossina Kostova, Petar Dimitrov, Stella Doncheva and a number of younger archaeologists.

The current exhibition was inspired by Margarita Vaklinova s long and productive field and academic activity at Veliki Preslav.

New projects aimed at unveiling the beauty and the importance of "the glorious city" and its treasures have been launched. We start confidently at the gates of the royal city, walking along the streets and drinking water from the fountains, trying to preserve the scent of the blossoming carob trees so that everyone can feel the splendor and the power of this magnificent capital city.

Hristo Popov

Director of the National Archaeological Institute with Museum -

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences