Abstract. Bulgarian ancient history is a debatable topic today. According geographical location, Bulgaria is situated on the Balkans, where three culturally different nationalities -- Arabs, Greeks, and Bulgarians are touching each other. Each of them presents Bulgarian history from his own point of view. In that reason, there are many different versions about ancient history on the Balkans. It is considered that Bulgarian territory is among the earliest settled areas in Europe. More and more evidences about the ancient origin of Bulgarians are emerging in these days. The evidences are various. Such are discovered by archeologists and ethnographers from all over the world. They correspond also with our folklore and traditions in a definite way. The history of Bulgarian land has divided into five periods. We will investigate two of them - prehistory and antiquity. The present work aims to propose a new hypothesis. It includes new dating and arguments found in Bulgarian folklore, traditions and church history.

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