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Pobitite Kamani landmark might become an archaeological site under UNESCO protection

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A procedure is being developed to form a candidacy for the Pobitite Kamani locality to be included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. This was announced to BTA by Dr. Vladimir Slavchev, chief assistant in the Archaeology Department of the Regional History Museum (RIM) in Varna. Currently, the site is on the UNESCO indicative list as a natural landmark, now the idea is to move it to another category and protect it as an archaeological monument, Slavchev explained.

In the Pobitite Kamani area, the only evidence for human life in Bulgaria during the Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age - 10th-7th millennium BC) was found - flint finds indicating that there was human habitation by groups of hunters who seasonally stayed in these places during hunting expeditions, says Slavchev.


The natural phenomenon of Pobitite Kamani is located north and south of Beloslav Lake near Varna and represents upright stone columns created by nature. Some of these limestone creations tower as high as 7 meters and are 3 meters in diameter, but others are smaller.


English publication: R. Petkova

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