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Anna Balkanska

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Anna Jordanova Balkanska (Bulgarian: Ана Йорданова Балканска) was a Bulgarian archaeologist notable for her work on the 1948–1954 excavations of the Thracian city of Seuthopolis, alongside Lyuba Ognenova-Marinova.[1]

Education[edit]

Anna Balkanska graduated from Sofia University in 1948 with a degree in History, and again in 1951 with a degree in Bibliography and Library Science.[2] She gained her PhD in History in 1979.[2]

She was a research fellow of the Archaeological Institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.[3]

Career[edit]

In 1949, she became the head of the library at the National Archaeological Institute and Museum of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, a position she held until 1961.[2]

She was the specialist in Antique Archaeology at the Institute from 1969 to 1984.[2]

Excavations[edit]

She was part of the team excavating the Thracian city of Seuthopolis, alongside Lyuba Ognenova-Marinova, Gergana Canova,[1] Mariya Chichikova,[4] and Dimitar Nikolov.[1]

Selected publications[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Greece, Ivan Dikov · in Ancient; Thrace, Ancient; Antiquity; Tourism, Cultural (2016-05-15). "'Resurfacing' of Submerged Ancient Thracian Odrysian Capital Seuthopolis Could Make It Global Tourist Attraction, Archaeologist Says". Archaeology in Bulgaria. and Beyond. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 istoria.bg http://istoria.bg/721/ana-yordanova-balkanska. Retrieved 2021-03-11. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. Dimitrov, Dimitŭr P. (1978). The Thracian city of Seuthopolis. Marii︠a︡ Chichikova. Oxford: British Archaeological Reports. ISBN 0-86054-003-0. OCLC 6196914. Search this book on
  4. "Heros Hephaistos" (PDF). Studia in Honorem Liubae Ognenova-Marinova.


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