These are the earliest discovered graves in Sofia and the Sofia plain. The settlement existed for about 500 years, from the end of the 7th to the middle of the 6th millennium BC and was established by settlers from Asia Minor. Laboratory and DNA analysis of the findings at the Institute of Anthropology is forthcoming.
One of the graves is double with a man next to a child. The other remains are of a woman lying on her stomach and a man in an embryonic position, the scientist commented.
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On Saturday before Mesni Zagovezni or Meat Shrovetide Orthodox Bulgarians commemorate the dead. It is one of the three All Souls' Day that Orthodox Christians mark each year. The very name " Zadushnitsa " means a day for..
On Maundy Thursday, Orthodox Christians go back to the final days in the earthly life of Jesus Christ, the Last Supper of the Saviour with the apostles..
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The Orthodox Church glorifies Holy Saturday as the most blessed seventh day, when the Word of God rests as a dead man in the grave, but at the same time..
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