EXPLORATIONS IN SEXAGINTA PRISTA (Varbin Varbanov – ramonearhaeology@abv.bg, Deyan Dragoev) More than 30 ritual pits from the end of the 3rd to the beginning of the 1st centuries BC were excavated. They have beehive, conical, hemispherical and bell-like shapes. Sherds, loom weights, spindle whorls, whetstones, coins, millstones, charcoals, fragmentary lath-and-plaster and animal bones were found within the pits. Human bones were discovered in three pits. The Thracian pottery includes dolia, urns, cups, dishes, jugs, etc. The imported pottery includes a dish from Pergamon, a ‘Megarian’ bowl and a kantharos produced in a Pontic workshop, and amphorae. A building with exedra, constructed of uneven stones bonded with mud and dated to the 2nd – 3rd centuries AD, was explored. Walls of other buildings of the same period were discovered, too. Coins of the 1st – 3rd centuries AD, sherds of the 2nd – 4th centuries AD and an architrave displaying images of two lions and the Gorgon were found. In addition, another building constructed of uneven stones bonded with mortar and 24.95 m by 16.50 m in size was explored. The width of the wall is c. 1 m. The building has three rooms and dates to the 4th – first half of the 5th centuries AD, according to the coins discovered. Remains of the roofing construction were found at the western room. Five bases of columns and a secondary pit containing sherds and coin of Justinian I were discovered in the middle room of the building. In addition, mediaeval pottery and coins dated to the 9th – 11th centuries were found during the excavations. Most likely, there was a mediaeval settlement on the site. A Christian burial of a young woman without grave goods was explored, too. Coins, sherds and fragmentary porcelain of the 18th – 19th centuries were found on the site.