Aquae Calidae - the favourite baths of emperors, tsars and s

Aquae Calidae - the favourite baths of emperors, tsars and s





The first book dedicated to the ancient mineral baths near Burgas came out in September 2018. It marks the 10th year of systemic archaeological excavations in the Burgas Mineral Baths, summarizing their results so far. The book consists of 200 pages full color print with many photos and information in Bulgarian, English and Turkish.

"Aquae Calidae - the favourite baths of emperors, tsars and sultans" has a limited edition of 300 copies and will be used mostly for representative purposes to advertise the archaeological site.
The issue of the book is part of the project "TOGETHER", funded by the European union through the Interreg-IPP Bulgaria - Turkey Cross-Border Cooperation Program 2014-2020.

Contents:

Tsonya Drazheva
Aquae Calidae – Terma, the city of the hot mineral baths near Burgas ....................................................... 9

Dimcho Momchilov
Notes on the archaeological studies of Aquae Calidae ........................... 23

Arch. Vasil Donchev
Architectural appearance, functional solution, periodization of the discovered structures of the bath complex Aquae Calidae, Burgas Mineral baths ................................... 49

Milen Nikolov
Apodyteriums or angular towers? Results of the excavations in Aquae Calidae in 2015................................ 69

Stella Doncheva
Metal objects from the excavations of Aquae Calidae.............................................79

Miroslava Dotkova
Antique and Medieval coins discovered during the excavations of Aquae Calidae in recent years ........... 89

Miroslav Klasnakov
Byzantine gold coins from Aquae Calidae – 2012 season...................................109

Ivan Yordanov
The collection of seals from Aquae Calidae......................................115

Yoto Valeriyev
A lead bulla of Mikhail Sklir, an anagraph of Drougoubiteia...............131

Vladislav Todorov
Clay pipes from th e Mineral baths near Burgas ....................................................135

Аrch. Konstantin Peev
Aquae Calidae - architectural projects and realization 2012-2016........141

Vesela Hristova
The Tourist Complex Aquae Calidae..................................................155

Zekeriya Kurtulmush
KIRKLARELI.....................................................165

REFERENCES TO LITERATURE USED IN THE TEXTS..........................................183

Project TOGETHER – Common cultural and historical heritage beyond the borders.............................................193

This book includes adapted reports presented at the conference „The Ancient City of Aquae Calidae and the Rock Monastery of St. Nicholas - Opportunities and Problems of the Cultural and Historical Heritage in the Cross-Border Region”, held on 26-27 April 2018 in Burgas, Bulgaria.


Creator: Radovesta Stewart
Editor: Yana Slavyanska
Corrections: Velimira Bratanova
Translation into English: Stefan Radoev
Translation into Turkish: Fani Indzheva


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