From The Archaeology Channel's head honcho, Rick Pettigrew:

Friends and colleagues:

Some may not realize that Bulgaria contains some of most remarkable sites of the ancient Greco-Roman world. An important case in point is the very old city that is described in Pages from the Perpetual Chronicle of Plovdiv, the latest video feature on our nonprofit streaming-media Web site, The Archaeology Channel (http://www.archaeologychannel.org).

Plovdiv lies at the very heart of ancient Thrace in southern Bulgaria and is among the oldest cities in Europe. Occupied since the end of the seventh millennium BC, the city has risen from the ashes many times in more than 8000 years. Using lots of 3D computer graphics, this video tells the remarkable story of Plovdiv from Neolithic to recent times. Captured by King Philip II of Macedon in 341 BC, the city became a Roman capital, was devastated by Attila the Hun, rebuilt by Byzantine Emperor Justinian, captured by the Bulgars in AD 831, destroyed by Crusaders, and taken by the Turks in 1364.

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Richard M. Pettigrew, Ph.D., RPA
President and Executive Director
Archaeological Legacy Institute
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