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Archaeologists from the Bourgas museum discovered 10 km north of the city artifacts from the early chalcolithic period, Darik Radio reported. The discovery was made in Solna Niva region, close to the village of Vetren.

More than 250 artifacts have been undug, the oldest ones dating back to the 5th millennium BC. They serve as evidence that people were involved in agriculture and breeding. Some of the artifacts were probably used in salt production. Dishes used in rituals were also uncovered.

Bourgas museum director Tsonia Drazheva said that the finding consists of the oldest objects to be discovered so far in the Black Sea coastal region. These artifacts made archaeologists wonder where the settlements of the people living in the area were situated.

Drazheva called the Bourgas region "a crossroad of civilization, zone of contact between Europe and the mother of all civilizations - the area between southern Turkey, Syria and Palestine." Archaeologists said that research is ongoing and some of the items discovered will be tested using special equipment, so that their exact age is estimated.