Editing Sozopol (section)

===Archaeology===
Recent excavations have revealed parts of the ancient city including:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bhfieldschool.org/program/ancient-greek-excavtions-apollonia-pontica|title=Apollonia Pontica Archaeology Field School|website=www.bhfieldschool.org}}</ref>
* A temple complex (late 6th - early 5th century BC) presumably belonging to the famous temple of Apollo;
* An oval altar and a temple from the Hellenistic period (4th century BC);
* A tholos
* A copper foundry

In addition, archaeologists discovered a Greek [[bucranium]] amulet from the 5th century BC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2015/06/15/bulgarian-archaeologists-discover-ancient-greek-bucranium-amulet-in-black-sea-town-sozopol/|title=Bulgarian Archaeologists Discover Ancient Greek Bucranium Amulet in Black Sea Town Sozopol - Archaeology in Bulgaria|date=15 June 2015}}</ref>
A shrine of goddesses [[Demeter]] and [[Persephone]] from the 6th century BC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2016/09/20/archaeologist-discovers-ancient-greek-shrine-of-demeter-persephone-in-bulgarias-black-sea-resort-sozopol/|title=Archaeologist Discovers Ancient Greek Shrine of Demeter, Persephone in Bulgaria's Black Sea Resort Sozopol - Archaeology in Bulgaria|date=20 September 2016}}</ref>

Many objects from antiquity, included imported luxury ceramics, red-figure pottery, [[sgraffito]] pottery, pottery lamps, loom weights, spindle parts, coins, amphora seals, arrow coins, ceramic game pieces, adornments. One of the most impressive finds was an [[Attica]] [[red-figure pottery]] [[krater]], depicting the myth about [[Oedipus]] and the [[Sphinx]]. The krater is dated to the second quarter of the 5th century BC.
Excavation teams also discovered, a ceramic [[Askos (pottery vessel)|askos]] dated back to the second half of the 6th century BC, and was “made in the tradition of grey monochrome Aeolian pottery", a 6th-century BC home and other antiquity buildings, pottery and coins from both the antiquity period and the [[Middle Ages]]. Furthermore, have also identified the ruins of a medieval Christian chapel and have discovered several graves from a medieval necropolis that was used in two time periods – in the 11th century AD and then again in the 13th – 14th century AD. In a grave from the 11th century, the researchers have found two small crosses – one made of bronze and another one made of bone. They have also discovered three pits hewn into the rocks from the Classical Period of [[Ancient Greece]] containing materials from the 5th – 4th century BC.<ref>[http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2018/04/10/archaeologists-find-6th-century-bc-home-red-figure-pottery-krater-depicting-oedipus-and-the-sphinx-from-apollonia-pontica-in-bulgarias-sozopol/ ARCHAEOLOGISTS FIND 6TH CENTURY BC HOME, RED-FIGURE POTTERY KRATER DEPICTING OEDIPUS AND THE SPHINX FROM APOLLONIA PONTICA IN BULGARIA’S SOZOPOL]</ref>

Later, they discovered an ancient metallurgical plant from the 6th century BC located at an antiquity copper mine. While the ancient copper mining near Sozopol has been well researched, for the first time archaeologists have discovered ceramic kilns for melting the copper ore right on the edge of the mine in what resembles an Antiquity metallurgy facility.<ref>[http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2018/11/02/2500-year-old-metallurgical-plant-at-ancient-copper-mine-discovered-near-bulgarias-black-sea-town-sozopol/ 2,500-YEAR-OLD ‘METALLURGICAL PLANT’ AT ANCIENT COPPER MINE DISCOVERED NEAR BULGARIA’S BLACK SEA TOWN SOZOPOL]</ref>

In 2021, archaeologists discovered a terracotta relief fragment, depicting marching Greek [[hoplites]]. The relief is a piece of a larger depiction, other parts of which were discovered in 2018 and 2019.<ref>[http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2021/03/28/slab-with-marching-ancient-greek-warriors-discovered-at-apollo-temples-on-ancient-black-sea-island-in-bulgarias-sozopol/ Slab with marching ancient Greek warriors discovered at Apollo temples on ancient black sea island in Bulgaria’s Sozopol]</ref>