Newly added materials

17.07.2006 - The Fihrist of al-Nadim, A Tenth-century survey of Muslim Culture (excerpts). Al-Nadim mentions that the ‘Abbasid caliph al-Mam’un (786-833), son of Harud al-Rashid, wrote a more that 100 pages long "Answers to the Questions of the King of the Burghar Addressed to Him about Islam and the Unity (Theology)" (pp. 36, 254, 400)

08.06.2006 - The Thracian treasure from Rogozen by Al. Fol, B. Cvetkov, S. Mashov, P. Ivanov (in Bulgarian, with 76 photos)

03.05.2006 - Comparative phonetics of the Thracian language - full translation from the 1985 German edition of I. Duridanov's book (by J. Tchorbadzhijski)

09.02.2006 - The tribes of the Western Caucasus according to "Ashkharacujc" by V. Butba (in Russian, excerpts)

06.02.2006 - Conceptions of Ethnicity in Early Medieval Studies by W. Pohll

04.02.2006 - The Barbarians in Justianian's Armies by J. Teall

10.10.2005 - Studies in the History and Language of the Sarmatians by J. Harmatta

24.07.2005 - The Bulgaro-Khazar border and the Bulgaro-Khazar emnity from the end of the VII till the mid-IX c. by G. Atanassov (translated in Russian)

27.06.2005 - Bulgarians and Romanians on the Lower Danube during the early Middle Ages (according to the archaeological data) by D. Ovcharov (translated in Russian). With additinal pictures.

02.06.2005 - Pliska - 100 years of archaeological excavations by R. Rashev and Y. Dimitrov. An overview of the archaeology of the old capital of the First Bulgarian kingdom. With many additional pictures taken from other books.

20.05.2005 - Linear A script from the Eastern Rhodopes?

14.05.2005 - Thracian treasures from Plovdiv at the National museum in Sofia, March 2005

07.03.2005 - Documents epigraphiques kouchans by G. Fussman (in French). Analyses the Dasht-e Nawur inscriptions from Afghanistan, written in three scripts: Bactrian-Greek, Kharosthi and an unknown one

17.01.2005 - Dr. Stefan Iordanov from the Veliko Turnovo University has kindly provided four of his articles: Paisius or Nicephorus: regarding the personal name and the titles of the founder of the First Bulgarian Kingdom; Slavs, Turks and Indo-Iranians in the Early Middle Ages; On the border guard organisation at the time on the First Bulgarian Kindgdom; The Troyan war, the Thracian thalassocracy and the movement of the so called Sea Peoples (all in Bulgarian)

October 2004 - The newly discovered Thracian golden mask ("Sveticata" mound) and a tomb + a bronze head ("Golyamata Kosmatka" mound) near Kazanluk

02.08.2004 - The Language of the Huns by O. Maenchen-Helfen (Chapter IX of his book, "The World of the Huns").

23.07.2004 - Hudud al-'Alam, The Regions of the World, A Persian Geography, 372 A.H. - 982 A.D., with commentaries by V. Minorsky

23.07.2004 - Medieval towns and fortresses in Macedonia by I. Mikulchik (in Macedonian)

15.06.2004 - Asparukh of Iberia excerpt from The Cambridge History of Iran, v. 3

13.05.2004 - A pagan, pre-Muslim statuette with runic signs from Volga Bulgaria by Igor

12.05.2004 - The Langobards and the 'Vulgares' in Historia Langobardorum by O. Maenchen-Helfen (an excerpt)

20.02.2004 - Yazijioghlu 'Ali on the Christian Turks of the Dobruja by Paul Wittek

02.02.2004 - On the origin of the Proto-Bulgarians by R. Rashev (the original paper in Bulgarian)

02.02.2004 - Sarmatian elements in the pagan necropolises of NE Bulgaria and N Dobrudzha by E. Angelova (in Bulgarian)

05.01.2004 - The Outlines of Hungarian Prehistory by D. Sinor

21.11.2003 - Historical geography of Southern Sogdiana and Northern Tokharistan according to Arab sources, IX-XIII cc. by Sh. Kamaliddinov (in Russian).

17.11.2003 - Iranian and Slavic languages. Relations throughout the history by D. Edel'man. An excerpt about the secondary "balkanisms" in the morphology, syntax of some Iranian l-s (in Russian).

21.10.2003 - The myths of ancient Volga, in Russian.

30.09.2003 - The Slavic Population in Albania, by A. Selishchev (in Russian). With maps(CorelDraw) of Slavic topo-, hydronyms.

28.05.2003 - Proto-Bulgarian Epigraphic Monuments, by V. Beshevliev

01.05.2003 - The 'Second Bulgarian Empire.' Its Origin and History to 1204 , by R. Wolff

30.04.2003 - History of the Armenians, Moses Khorenats'i -

Commentary on the Literary Sources by R. Thomson

28.03.2003 - On the Capture of Corinth by the Onogurs and Its Recapture by the Byzantines, by P. Charanis

05.02.2003 - The town of Balkh, by Sh. Kamaliddinov (in Russian)

24.01.2003 - Bactrian marriage contract of 343 AD, N. Sims-Williams (in Bulgarian)

09.01.2003 - REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION To Inquire into the causes and Conduct of the Balkan Wars by Carnegie Endowment for International peace, 1914

09.01.2003 - The runic epigraphy of the ancient Bulgars by I. Kyzlasov (in Russian)

09.01.2003 - The Bulgars in the Balkans and the Occupation of Corinth in the Seventh Century by K. Setton

06.01.2003 - Altturkische Felszeichnungen in Nordost-Anatolien by H. Vary

31.12.2002 - IRANICA PROTOBULGARICA: Asparuch und Konsorten im Lichte der Iranischen Onomastik by R. Schmitt

23.12.2002 - The runic alphabets of Central Asia by I. Kyzlasov (in Russian)

22.12.2002 - The Evolution of Slavic Society and the Slavic Invasions in Greece. The First Major Slavic Attack on Thessaloniki, A. D. 597 by Speros Vryonis

27.11.2002 - On the Prototype of the Proto-Bulgarian Temples at Pliska, Preslav and Madara by B. Brentjes

26.07.2002 - Added the articles: "About the formation of the Pamir-Fergana racial type" by L. Jablonskij, and "The artificial skull deformation in Central Asia" by T. Hodzhajov (in Russian)

18.07.2002 - Added Eric Hamp's article on The Position of Albanian

15.07.2002 - Added Genadij Litavrin's article about Emperor Constantine Porphyrogenitus and the Bulgarians as well as two examples of the early Bulgar costume

10.07.2002 - Added Michael Holman's translation of three stories by Nikolaj Hajtov (1919-2002): When Men were Men, Ibryam-Ali, and The Seed of the Dervishovs

13.06.2002 - Added the book "Аrmenian sources on Central Asia, V-VII c. AD" by L. Ter-Mkrtichjan (in Russian). With a MAP of Central Asia,VII c. AD by S. Eremjan

11.06.2002 - Added the articles "Tamgas (functions of the symbol)" by V. Ol'hovskij in the Miscellaneous section

10.06.2002 - Added the article "About the Zoroastrianism among the Alans in the VII-IX cc." by R. Rudnickij in the Miscellaneous section

09.06.2002 - Due to web-space limitations introduced by tripod.com, some materials (e.g. "Central Asia in the Early Middle Ages") were moved to topcities.com [Now hosted at www.kroraina.com - 26.09.2003]

29.05.2002 - Added the article "The time of the appearence of the Alans in Eastern Europe and their origin" by A. Skripkin in the Miscellaneous section

22.05.2202 - Updated the links to Chris Webber's Thracian site

15.04.2002 - Added excerpts from "Istorija v osetinskom predanii" by R. Bzarov. - Description of the feudal relations, classes in Ossetia and of the institution of "nomilus" (second wife)

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