The President of BAS Prof. Julian Revalski, Full Member of the Academy, attended the official opening of the exhibition “Bulgarian Archaeology 2021” in the National Archaeological Museum with Institute. More than 650 exhibits from 40 sites, varying in type and chronology, from Prehistory to the National Revival are presented.
This is the fifteenth exhibition that shows the work of archaeologists from all over the country, said the Director of NAIM Prof. Hristo Popov. According to him, science is developing at a rapid pace and is constantly improving, so it is necessary for the state to provide more funds. In 2022, the National Archaeological Museum turns 130 years old.
We are optimistic that a dialogue has begun about how important science and culture are to our small nation. Encouraging is the information that more funds will be allocated to the Academy, said the President of BAS, Prof. Julian Revalski. He recalled the alarming data on the outflow of young people from Bulgarian science and added that despite the concerns of the institutions, archaeologists show that they can do wonders.
At the opening of the exhibition, Vice President Iliana Iotova called for a message to all those who have the ambition to call themselves statesmen to support Bulgarian science, culture and education. I do not know any other country that spends so little money on the development of science and its museums, she said and expressed hope that between the first and second reading these figures would be revised. The ceremony was attended by the Deputy Ministers of Culture Boyko Kadinov and Vesela Kondakova, the Vice-President of BAS Corr.-Mem. Evdokia Pasheva, representatives of the diplomatic corps and archaeologists involved in the excavations.
Among the most impressive finds in the exhibition “Bulgarian Archaeology 2021” are prehistoric anthropomorphic figurines and vessels from Provadia and Chirpan, gold ornaments from the Middle Bronze Age from Izvorovo, a fibula in the shape of a lizard from Dragoman, gold ornaments from Trapezitsa. The exhibition can be viewed until 18 September.
