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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.
This and other programs are available on TAC for your use and enjoyment. We
urge you to support this public service by participating in our Membership
(http://www.archaeologychannel.org/member.html) and Underwriting
(http://www.archaeologychannel.org/sponsor.shtml) programs. Only with your
help can we continue and enhance our nonprofit public-education and
visitor-supported programming. We also welcome new content partners as we
reach out to the world community.
Please forward this message to others who may be interested.
Richard M. Pettigrew, Ph.D., RPA
President and Executive Director
Archaeological Legacy Institute
http://www.archaeologychannel.org
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