A skeleton aged approximately at 9,000 years was found in the course of excavation works of newly revealed ancient gladiator arena in Sofia.

The pre-historic human remains witness for a forceful death, probably by an arrow.

Archeologists are still dubious about the sex of the ancient human remains, but first conclusions lead to an age of more than 7,000 years back in history.

An ancient amphitheatre was recently unearthed in centre Sofia, while an excavator machine was digging up for the fundamentals of an eight-storey hotel last month.

The building company Fairplay has immediately redrafted construction plans with view of including the unearthed parts in the hotel's interior, which is about a fourth of the whole ancient building spreading under the city centre.

The hotel is likely to be named The Coliseum, with owners hoping to boost tourist interest in the historic site and the hotel.

The gladiator arena, with address at Sofia's Budapest Street, has revealed its "menians" - the seats for noble Roman patricians - while the poor plebeians' seats will probably remain undisclosed, as they are placed higher and excavations means would not provide for those.

Archaeologists have unearthed thousands of bronze and one gold coin with the image of Emperor Konstantin the Great.

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