Lyuba Ognenova-Marinova

Lyuba Ognenova-Marinova
Born	Bulgarian: Люба Левова Огненова (1922-06-17)17 June 1922 Ohrid, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Died	18 November 2012(2012-11-18) (aged 90) Sofia, Bulgaria
Nationality	Bulgarian
Other names	Luba Ognenova, Lyuba Ognenova, Ljuba Levova Ognenova-Marinova, Luba Ognenova-Marinova, Liubae Ognenova-Marinova
Occupation	archaeologist
Years active	1948-2006
Known for	Thracian archaeology

Lyuba Ognenova-Marinova (Bulgarian: Люба Левова Огненова-Маринова 1922–2012) was a pioneering Bulgarian archaeologist. She was the first underwater archaeologist in the country and headed the investigations of the ancient Thracian city of Nesebar. She became one of the leading Bulgarian researchers specializing in ancient and Thracian archeology, authoring over 100 scientific publications. She served on the faculty of Sofia University and as a senior researcher at the National Archaeological Museum in Sofia.