ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS IN A THRACO–ROMAN SANCTUARY NEAR THE VILLAGE OF MADARA (Georgi Atanasov, Stanimir Stoichev – s_stoichev@mail.bg, Nedelcho Nedelchev) The explorations in the Thraco-Roman sanctuary continued in 2004. Archaeological excavations were carried out in trenches Nos. 12 and 13. A depth between 20 cm and 60 cm down to the bedrock was reached. Sherds of hand- and wheel-made pottery, iron nails, fragments of votive reliefs dedicated to the Thracian Rider, fibulae and coins of the 4th century AD were found. The finds confirm the date of the sanctuary: 2nd – 4th centuries AD.