ARCHEOLOGY

PREHISTORY DEPARTMENT

The archeological materials are arranged and displayed in different places. They have been found in entire or partial archeological excavations.
The Azmashka Tomb is the first thoroughly investigated mound in Southeast Europe.
The Museum has carried out archeological research work at a mound near the dam of Chatalka, and the different mounds in the villages, Madrets, Gudjovo and Kliselika. Some ancient settlements are found just off the village, Kaloyanovets.There is the Bereketska mound on the outskirts of Stara Zagora.
There is a “catalogue of pottery”, which contains articles collected from the surface of the archeological sites. Most of the archeological sites are processed by the system ‘AKB’.

Prehistorically museums:
Neolithic dwellings
Copper mines in the area of Mechi kladenets
Bereketska Mound

Marble human figure. Azmashka mound. Early Neolithic era – 6^th millennium B.C.

Marble human figure. The mound in the Stara Zagora Spa. Late Neolithic era – 4^th millennium B.C.

ANCIENT ARCHAEOLOGY DEPARTMENT

The collections include about 8000 articles related to the Hellenic, Roman, Late Roman and Early Byzantium epochs.
The noteworthy research work has the culture of the people who had once lived in the Roman and early Byzantium town of Augusta Trayana – Beroe.
There are rich collections of bronze articles, chariots, weapons, glassware, jewellery, bedpans, tools, Thracian chariots, stone plastic arts, ancient and late ancient mosaics, all of which relate to the ancient town and its governed area.
The sites:
- AUGUSTA TRAYANA – BEROE archeological preserve
- CHATALKA Thracian villa-rustica
- Thracian chariots in three of tombs
- Roman baths in Stara Zagora Spa

Ancient historical museums:
Ancient compound at the Western Gate
Late ancient mosaic in the Roman private house (4^th century)
Late ancient mosaic, a part of a public building (4^th – 5^th century)
South gate of Augusta Trayana (2^nd – 6^th century)
Roman baths in Stara Zagora Spa

Phial, glass, a figure of a female dancer

Votive tablet of the Thracian horse soldier, marble. Stara Zagora – 2^nd – 3^rd c.

MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY DEPARTMENT

We collect historical descriptions and monuments as well as the history of the town and its region. We investigate the local and the national medieval history and archeology for the period of 6^th – 15^th century. The investigations are carried out at medieval sites around Stara Zagora and its province.
Our department keeps more than 1500 articles – pottery, church plates, jewelry, and iron tools. The most important collections are the medieval plastic arts, early Byzantium and medieval tools, jewellery.

Medieval historical museum:
Eski Mosque

Relief of a lioness with a cub. Stara Zagora, 11^th – 12^th c.