Ivan Yordanov Venedikov ( bg, Иван Йорданов Венедиков) (January 10, 1916 – August 10, 1997) was a

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

, historian, thracologist and

philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defined as th ...

who studied Thracian and medieval history, archaeology, art and culture; Bulgarian cultural and artistic heritage. Ivan Venedikov was born in

Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha ...

on 10 January 1916. Between 1934 and 1939 he studied classical psychology in the

Sofia University Sofia University, "St. Kliment Ohridski" at the University of Sofia, ( bg, Софийски университет „Св. Климент Охридски“, ''Sofijski universitet „Sv. Kliment Ohridski“'') is the oldest higher education i ...

. Among his lectors were Aleksandar Balabanov, Dimitar Dechev,

Gavril Katsarov Gavril Iliev Katsarov ( bg, Гаврил Илиев Кацаров) was a Bulgarian historian, classical philologist and archeologist. Rector of Sofia University. Director of the National Archaeological Museum and the Bulgarian Archeological Inst ...

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Bogdan Filov Bogdan Dimitrov Filov ( bg, Богдан Димитров Филов; 10 April 1883 – 1 February 1945) was a Bulgarian archaeologist, art historian and politician. He was prime minister of Bulgaria during World War II. During his tenure, Bulga ...

Petar Mutafchiev Petar ( sr, Петар, bg, Петър) is a South Slavic masculine given name, their variant of the Biblical name Petros cognate to Peter. Derivative forms include Pero, Pejo, Pera, Perica, Petrica, Periša. Feminine equivalent is Petra. P ...

. His first work was ''Phonetics of the Latin Inscriptions from the Bulgarian Lands'', published in 1942. Between 1941 and 1944 he worked in the Museum in

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and made his first excavations discovering the large antique and medieval town Bargala and the medieval Kozyak. Venedikov worked in the Department of Antiquity in the National Archaeological Museum between 1945 and 1973 and later worked in the Department of Antique Archaeology in the National Historical Museum. In 1981 he became a professor. He was also a lecturer on Thracian history in the Sofia University. Venedikov had more than 150 publications on

Thracian The Thracians (; grc, Θρᾷκες ''Thrāikes''; la, Thraci) were an Indo-European speaking people who inhabited large parts of Eastern and Southeastern Europe in ancient history.. "The Thracians were an Indo-European people who occupied t ...

history, culture, art and language based on many studied archaeological sites and monuments. He made a periodization of the Thracian art; researched and restored the outlook of the Thracian chariots. In 1972, he organized an exhibition of Thracian art which included the finest objects from all over Bulgaria which travelled in many cities around the world.; He also studied the old

Bulgar Bulgar may refer to: *Bulgars, extinct people of Central Asia *Bulgar language, the extinct language of the Bulgars * Oghur languages Bulgar may also refer to: *Bolghar, the capital city of Volga Bulgaria *Bulgur, a wheat product * Bulgar, an Ash ...

inscriptions and concluded that the

Bulgar language Bulgar (also known as Bulghar, Bolgar, or Bolghar) is an extinct Oghur Turkic language spoken by the Bulgars. The name is derived from the Bulgars, a tribal association that established the Bulgar state known as Old Great Bulgaria in the mid ...

was still spoken in the beginning of the 9th century. Venedikov also proved that

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, which would become capital of the

Bulgarian Empire In the medieval history of Europe, Bulgaria's status as the Bulgarian Empire ( bg, Българско царство, ''Balgarsko tsarstvo'' ) occurred in two distinct periods: between the seventh and the eleventh centuries and again between the ...

in 893, already existed as a significant settlement in the beginning of the 9th century. In 1979 he made monography on the military and administrative organization of the Bulgarian Empire and made research on many titles and offices of the Bulgarian rulers and nobility.

Bibliography

* Земите по средния Вардар. Принос към античната география на Македония. Скопие, 1943. * Тракийската колесница. София, 1960. * Тайната на тракийските могили. София, 1968. * Тракийското изкуство. С Тодор Герасимов. София, 1973. * Съкровището от Летница. София, 1974. * Медното гумно на прабългарите. София, 1983. * Златният стожер на прабългарите. София, 1987. * Панагюрското златно съкровище. София, 1987. * Раждането на боговете. София, 1992. * Познайте ги по делата им. Българската интелигенция в моите спомени. I. София, 1993. * Прабългарите и християнството. Стара Загора, 1995. * Тракийското съкровище от Летница. София, 1996.

Literature

* Иван Венедиков, Познайте ги по делата им. Българската интелигенция в моите спомени, София, 1993. * За библиографията – Thracia XIV. In honorem annorum ХХХ Instituti Studiorum Thracicorum, Serdicae MMII

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Venedikov, Ivan 1916 births 1997 deaths Writers from Sofia 20th-century Bulgarian historians Bulgarian archaeologists Bulgarian medievalists Thracologists Members of the Macedonian Scientific Institute Bulgarian philologists 20th-century archaeologists 20th-century philologists Bulgarian memoirists