Sun, Nov 22 2009

DISCOVERY SHOOTS FILM ABOUT ANCIENT REMAINS IN BULGARIA

Fri, Sep 08 2006 09:13 CET 372 Views

Discovery Channel shot a film about the ancient Thracian royal palace of Perperkon, near the town of Kurdjali, Dnevnik newspaper reported.

The Thracians lived on the territory of present-day Bulgaria from about 1300 to 500 BC. Numerous extremely precious Thracian findings, including treasures, tombs and temples, have been found in the past several years in the country.

The film on Perperikon would be the first one that Discovery shoots in Bulgaria, Dnevnik reported.

The film describes the history of the Thracians. The Discovery team planed to shoot all the famous Thracian remains including Perpericon, Tatul and the Valley of Thracian kings, Dnevnik said.

The film would be one-hour long, Dnevnik said. It should be finished by the end of 2007. It would be shown first to British and American audience and would be broadcast worldwide.

Write comment

Name:Comment:

Generate new code
Send your comment

More in this category

EC suing Bulgaria for Sofia waste disposal failure

The European Commission is taking Bulgaria to court for delays in providing Sofia with adequate waste disposal facilities.

US ambassador-designate Warlick addresses senate confirmation hearing

James Warlick is the spouse of Mary Warlick, director of the office of Russian affairs at the US state department, who has been nominated to serve as ambassador to Serbia

Bulgaria declares flu epidemic at an end

Bulgaria’s Health Ministry announced on November 20 2009 that the flu epidemic declared two weeks earlier is at an end as rates of infection decline. The announcement coincides with reports of two deaths from A (H1N1) flu in Bulgaria.

Bulgarian prosecutors to investigate Dogan’s real estate deals

Acting on allegations by Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria leader Ivan Kostov, prosecutors and Government officials are to probe deals by which Movement for Rights and Freedoms leader Ahmed Dogan acquired various properties.

Sofia prosecutors charge Bulgaria’s former defence minister Nikolai Tsonev

Prosecutors allege that a deal agreed by the former defence minister caused losses of 12.9 million leva.

© 2000-2009, Sofia Echo Media Ltd.

Web Design by RIZN

Sofia Echo Media is part of the Economedia Group.
The news and information content on this website is provided by our editorial team and is copyrighted. Any unauthorised reproduction or use of it is strictly forbidden. Reproduction of this website's content is permitted only with prior written permission from the Editor-in-Chief, should be propertly acredited and provide an active link back to our site. Comments posted by the website's visitors are independent of the editorial materials and do not represent the views of sofiaecho.com. Sofia Echo Media cannot be held responsible for the statements contained in visitor comments. The percentаge change in the shares' prices are based on the price of the last transaction of the current session compared to the price of the last transaction of the previous session. Bulgarian Stock Exchange data is not real-time, but updated every 15 minutes, and should not be used as a basis for decisions about buying or selling stock options.