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It consists of 165 receptacles, including 108 phiales, 55 jugs and 3 goblets. [2] The objects are silver with golden gilt on some of them with total weight of more than 20 kilograms (44 lb). The treasure is an invaluable source of information for the life of the Thracians , due to the variety of motifs in the richly decorated objects.
Bulgarian epigraphic monuments [2] [3] [4] (Chuvash: Пăлхар эпиграфика палăкĕсем, Tatar: Болгар эпиграфика табылдыклары) – tombstones with inscriptions (epitaphs) of the 13th–14th centuries on the territory of the former Bulgarian ulus of the Golden Horde. The identified gravestones can ...
The Varna culture was a Chalcolithic culture of northeastern Bulgaria, dated c. 4500 BC, [1] [2] contemporary and closely related with the Gumelnița culture. The oldest golden artifacts in the world (4600 BC - 4200 BC) were found in the Necropolis of Varna. These artefacts are on display in the Varna Archaeological Museum. [3] [4] [5]
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Varna necropolis, grave offerings on exhibit at the Varna Museum. The site was accidentally discovered in October 1972 by excavator operator Raycho Marinov. The first person to value the significant historical meaning was Dimitar Zlatarski, the creator of the Dalgopol Historical Museum, when he was called by the locals to examine what they had found earlier that day.
The gold metal has a natural mixture of 9.7% silver. The scientists dated the treasure back to 1300 BC, at the time of the Thracians. It is now one of the most valuable possessions of the National Archaeological Museum in Sofia. [3]
These artifacts were particularly associated with the first and second phases. [6] There is also the case of The Gumelnita Lovers, a terracotta statuette crafted from 5000-4750 BCE. [ 7 ] This artifact, which was excavated at the Gumelnita Tell in southern Romania, is associated with the culture's notion of fertility. [ 7 ]