Finds from the Hellenistic era (3rd-2nd century BC) were discovered during excavations in the courtyard of the "Lyuben Karavelov" University in Nessebar, the Municipality's press center announced. They were provoked by the team of the "Ancient Nessebar" museum after the construction of a new academic building began.
Among the most interesting artifacts found in a stepped pit, which is a rare type for the necropolis of ancient Messambria, are a bronze wreath with gilding, a silver coin - the so-called „Charon's obol“, jug, strigils and astragals.
The research also found silver and bronze coins, relief-decorated cups, lacrimaria, strigils, glass beads and ceramic vessels.
The team also studied four medieval structures from the 13th-14th centuries, as well as three pits from different periods - one from the Hellenistic era and two from the Middle Ages. Some of the finds are fragmented and will be restored.
All artifacts will be stored in the collections of the „Ancient Nessebar“ museum and in the near future will be displayed in the Archaeological Museum in the city, arranged in a temporary exhibition. The museum is also planning a public lecture dedicated to the latest research in the necropolis area.