The exhibition catalogue is bilingual, written in Bulgarian and English, and it is edited by Methodi Daskalov, Snezhana Goryanova, Milena Raycheva and Galina Grozdanova. It consists of two parts. The first one includes the following contributions: the Early Medieval culture of the Bulgarian lands according to archaeological data by Andrey Aladzhov, society and state in Bulgaria from the late 7th century to the mid-9th century by Pavel Georgiev, the excavated pagan necropoleis in the territory of Bulgaria from the late 7th to the 860s by Lyudmila Doncheva-Petkova, the Bulgarian belt by Metodi Daskalov, the luxury, nobility and everyday life in pagan Bulgaria by Galina Grozdanova and the monuments with anthropomorphic representations from the Bulgarian pagan period by Evgenia Komatarova-Balinova.
The second and last part is the catalogue of all the items included in the exhibition represented by photos along with detailed and extensive entries for each of them.
The exhibition is implemented with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria, Sofia Municipality, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Austrian Embassy in Sofia and Raiffeisen Bank.
The book is a catalogue of the homonymous temporary exhibition, which can be seen until 24 September, 2017 in the Temporary Exhibition Hall of the National Archaeological Museum.
Author(s): Metodi Daskalov, Snezhana Goryanova, Milena Raycheva, Galina Grozdanova (eds.)
Series: National Archaeological Museum Catalogues, 5
Publisher: National Institute of Archaeology
Year: 2017
Language: Bulgarian, English
Pages: 176
City: Sofia
Foreword / 4
Andrey Aladzhov. The Early Medieval culture of the Bulgarian lands according to archaeological data / 5
Pavel Georgiev. Society and state in Bulgaria (the end of the 7th – the middle of the 9th century) / 14
Lyudmila Doncheva-Petkova. Pagan necropolises in the territory of Bulgaria from the late 7th c. to 860s / 27
Metody Daskalov. Bulgarian Belt / 41
Galina Grozdanova. On luxury, nobility and everyday life in pagan Bulgaria / 55
Evgeniya Komatarova-Balinova. Monuments with anthropomorphic representations from the Bulgarian pagan period / 64
Catalogue / 75
Bibliography / 172