×
GreekEnglish

×
  • Politics
  • Diaspora
  • World
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Cooking
Monday
09
Mar 2026
weather symbol
Athens 14°C
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • World
  • Diaspora
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Mediterranean Cooking
  • Weather
Contact follow Protothema:
Powered by Cloudevo
> Culture

Red-figure Krater found at ancient Greek colony in Bulgaria

Located on the Skamni Peninsula of Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast

Newsroom April 11 12:46

Archaeology in Bulgaria reports that a dwelling dating to the sixth century B.C. has been discovered in the ancient Greek colony of Apollonia Pontica, located on the Skamni Peninsula of Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast. Among the artifacts in the house, archaeologists found a krater decorated with red figures depicting the myth of Oedipus and the Sphinx, and an askos, or small jug, for pouring small amounts of liquids. The site was situated about six feet underneath the foundations of a home built in the nineteenth century. Layers of soil in between the two homes contained Classical Period artifacts such as pottery, loom weights, spindle parts, coins, seals, and game pieces, and a medieval necropolis in use during the eleventh century and the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. One of the eleventh-century graves yielded a small cross made of bronze and one made of bone.

source: archaeology.org

bul12

Ask me anything

Explore related questions

#ancient Greek#Bulgaria#colony#krater
> More Culture

Follow en.protothema.gr on Google News and be the first to know all the news

See all the latest News from Greece and the World, the moment they happen, at en.protothema.gr

> Latest Stories

South Korea imposes a fuel price cap for the first time in 30 years due to the surge in oil prices

March 9, 2026

Macron: When someone attacks Cyprus, they attack all of Europe

March 9, 2026

Greek-Canadian soprano responds to Timothée Chalamet’s dismissive remark about opera

March 9, 2026

Macron: The security of all Europeans is our common interest

March 9, 2026

A day in the life of every woman that inspires us

March 9, 2026

The 2,000 forgotten shelters of Attica: Their protection capacity, what they look like today – View video

March 9, 2026

Trial of Ekrem Imamoglu begins in Turkey: 402 people on the bench and a 3,700-page indictment

March 9, 2026

“European countries helped create the conditions for the start of the war”, says Iran

March 9, 2026
All News

> Greece

A day in the life of every woman that inspires us

International Women's Day and Interamerican Group chose to send an important message to every woman: "Evolution has no floor"

March 9, 2026

The 2,000 forgotten shelters of Attica: Their protection capacity, what they look like today – View video

March 9, 2026

The incident with the employee that led to the resignation of the president of EODY – “He could not continue under these circumstances” said Adonis Georgiades

March 9, 2026

Magnitude 5.3 earthquake hits Ioannina

March 8, 2026

Esat, the last Pasha of Ioannina: Captivity, the applause of Greeks in Piraeus, staying in a luxury hotel in Kifisia

March 7, 2026
Homepage
PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY COOKIES POLICY TERM OF USE
Powered by Cloudevo
Copyright © 2026 Πρώτο Θέμα