Aleksova, Blaga (Tetovo, 24. 1922 – Skopje, 12. ⅶ 2007) – archaeologist, academician. The gymnasium ended in Skopje, and graduated from the Art History Group at the Faculty of Philosophy in Skopje (1950). He received his doctorate on the subject of the medieval archeology at the University of Ljubljana (1958). She worked as a curator at the City Museum of Skopje (1948-1950) and the Archaeological Museum of Macedonia (1950 – 1975), where he managed the Unit for Medieval Archeology. From 1962 to 1975 She was the director of this national institution. He specialized in the Hazantine Studies Center at Harvard University in Washington (1971 and 1983). Since 1975, so with retirement (1983) worked at the Institute for History of Art with Archeology as a professor of medieval and early Christian archeology. He dealt with the study of medieval necropolises, jewelry and ceramic production, as evidence of the customs, beliefs and culture of the Slavs. He discovered and interpreted the penetration of early Christianity in Macedonia, through excavations of several early Christian centers. Its research was aimed at proving the cultural continuity between early Christianity and the medieval in Macedonia. He discovered the oldest Christian church in Macedonia (the old episcopal basilica in Stobi). It was excavated by the sites: Demir Kapija, Bargala, Krupiste, Strumica, Polog, Ohrid, Prespa, Dojran, Orizari, Radolista and Stobi. Koracodela with international research projects (Yugoslav-American) in Bargala and Stobi. She participated in many scientific gatherings in Macedonia, USA, Austria, England, Russia, Romania, Turkey, Bulgaria, Italy, Croatia, Serbia, Greece and Albania. Member is MANU (1997). BIB: Average – Demir Kapija: Slavic Necropolis and Slavenke Necropole U Macedonia, Belgrade-Skopje, 1966; The Bishop of Bregalnica, Prilep, 1989; Locica Sanchutanum Macedonia: The cult of martyrers in Macedonia from ⅳ to ⅵ century, Skopje, 1995. D. Z.
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