Lyuba Ognenova-Marinova

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Lyuba Ognenova-Marinova
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Died18 November 2012(2012-11-18) (aged 90)
Sofia, Bulgaria
NationalityBulgarian
Other namesLuba Ognenova, Lyuba Ognenova, Ljuba Levova Ognenova-Marinova, Luba Ognenova-Marinova, Liubae Ognenova-Marinova
Occupationarchaeologist
Years active1948-2006
Known forThracian archaeology

Lyuba Ognenova-Marinova (

National Archaeological Museum
in Sofia.

Early life

Lyuba Levova Ognenova was born 17 June 1922 into a family of

Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.[1] She graduated from a French primary school in Bitola in 1932 and went on to complete her high school training in Tirana. After completing a correspondence course from Rome, she entered the history department of Sofia University, St. Clement Ohridski, graduating in 1946 in classical archaeology.[2]

Career

In 1948, Ognenova began working at the Regional Museum of History in

People’s Republic of Bulgaria allowed the artificial lake created by the dam to cover the site when excavation was completed. In addition to Ognenova, others on the team included Anna Balkanska,[3] Gergana Canova,[4] Mariya Chichikova and Dimitar Nikolov.[3] In 1957, Ognenova discovered a Thracian religious complex near Babyak, when a television tower was being erected atop Bendida Peak.[5]

Between 1958 and 1963, the work led by Ognenova at the

Illyrian inscription found on a ring from Koman, Albania, allowed Ognenova to conclude that the Illyrian text, despite previous conjectures of its meaninglessness was significant. Tracing the origin of the ring and its shape, she was able to date the ring to the 8th century. Presenting a paper on her findings in Lidice, Czechoslovakia, she caused a sensation and was invited to study from 1959 to 1960 at the École Française d'Athène, one of the archaeological institutes operated by foreign governments in Athens.[7][8]

In 1961, Ognenova became the country's first archaeological diver while working with professor

Kazanlak Tomb likely originated from his school.[11]

Ognenova returned to diving at Nesebar in 1977, leading eight

basilicas of the Medieval period while conducting underwater surveys in the north and south bays of the peninsula in an attempt to locate and clarify the chronology of urban ports along the shore.[12]

After attending the 1980 International Congress of Ancient Bronze Age held in

Senior Fellow of the National Archaeological Institute.[4] She was a longtime member of the scientific councils for the Institute of Archaeology and Institute of Thracology, as well as a lecturer on Thracian archaeology at Sofia University.[13] Ognenova authored more than 100 scientific publications, in varying languages over the course of her career.[4] She created a database of the known sites of Thrace based on a combination of research and interpretation of ancient springs and archaeological artifacts which linked Greece and the eastern Mediterranean to the area. At the time of her death, the work completed in the 1960s, was still the benchmark used to develop the cultural history of Thrace.[8]

Death and recognition

In 1983, after successfully attaining UNESCO World Heritage Site status for Nesebar, Ognenova was made an honorary citizen of the city.[14] In 2005, the National Archaeological Institute and Museum of the BAS in conjunction with the Department of Archaeology at Sofia University, published a volume articles, Heros Hephaistos: Studia in Honorem Lubae Ognenova-Marinova, from the international convention held in 2002 in honor of Ognenova's 80th birthday. The book contained the works of more than 50 scholars reporting on the latest studies and research on her areas of expertise, Thracian and Greco-Roman archaeology, art and religion.[15] She was awarded the Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius in the Second degree for her scientific contributions to Bulgaria.[4] Ognenova died on 18 November 2012 in Sofia.[1]

Selected works

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b Nesebar Press 2012.
  2. ^ a b Стоянов 2012, p. 147.
  3. ^ a b Dikov 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Илиева 2005, p. 8.
  5. ^ Shambhala News 2016.
  6. ^ a b Прешленов 2005, p. 10.
  7. ^ Тонкова 2005, pp. 11–12.
  8. ^ a b Стоянов 2012, p. 148.
  9. ^ Ognenova-Marinova 2009.
  10. ^ Прешленов 2005, p. 9.
  11. ^ Тонкова 2005, p. 11.
  12. ^ Прешленов n.d., p. 46.
  13. ^ Стоянов 2012, p. 149.
  14. ^ Прешленов 2005, p. 11.
  15. ^ National Archaeological Institute and Museum 2007.
  16. ^ Knizhen-pazar 2016.

Bibliography

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