"In the Name of the Knights"
Nissovo, 24 April 2007
Famous Bulgarian archaeologist Professor Nikolay Ovcharov is in search for evidence of the Knights Templar’s presence in Rousse region in so called Valley of Knights near the Danube city of Rousse. In the neighbourhood, near the village of Nissovo, where over eighty headstone crosses were discovered. "There are Templar symbols engraved on them," said the archeologist. Though the necropolis claimed by prof Ovcharov to belong to Templers' knights was resarched beforehead and according to other sientists dates 17-18 century, the prof has announced the start of a project "Tracing Templars in Bulgarian Land"
Famous Bulgarian archaeologist Professor Nikolay Ovcharov is in search for evidence of the Knights Templar’s presence in Rousse region in so called Valley of Knights near the Danube city of Rousse. In the neighbourhood, near the village of Nissovo, where over eighty headstone crosses were discovered. "There are Templar symbols engraved on them," said the archeologist. Though the necropolis claimed by prof Ovcharov to belong to Templers' knights was resarched beforehead and according to other sientists dates 17-18 century, the prof has announced the start of a project "Tracing Templars in Bulgarian Land"
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