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“Mankind’s Earlist Gold” Buried 6,500 Years Ago In Varna Necropolis

The earliest acknowledged gold relics are situated on the necropolis in Varna, a burial site from 4,560-4,450 BC on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. The site dates back to the Chalcolithic, or Copper Age of Varna culture from 6,000 to 6,500 years ago.

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Globally regarded as one of the most significant ancient archaeological locations in the world, the necropolis of Varna, a.k.a. the Varna Cemetery, is a significant cemetery in the western industrial zone of Varna.
Up to now, scientists have unearthed a total of 294 tombs containing 3,000 golden relics. Among the elite tombs that have been excavated, Tomb 43 seems to be the most exceptional, holding the remnants of a tall man appeared to be a monarch.

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An excavator operator, Raycho Marinov, came across the gold valuables in Varna during the construction of a factory there in 1972, after that he quickly informed local archaeologists. Subsequently, 294 tombs from Copper Age were uncovered.
All of the unusual valuables were from a prehistoric European civilization thriving during the New Stone Age and Copper Age in what is now Bulgaria, the rest of the Balkans, the Lower Danube and the west coast of the Black Sea, dubbed by scientists “old Europe” civilization.
Researchers believe that Varna’s civilization had trade relations with remote areas of the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, and that rock salt might have been exported from Provadiya-Solnitsata (“Salt Well”).

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They also think that the seashells of the Mediterranean mollusk Spondyla, discovered within the graves of the Varna cemetery, and other Chalcolithic sites in northern Bulgaria, might have been used as currency in this prehistoric civilization.
Moreover, the vast quantity of gold found in several tombs led archaeologists to theorize that the Balkan Peninsula (southeastern Europe) has had the form of a state and a royal institution since the Chalcolithic.
More than 3,000 golden relics, categorized in 28 distinctive kinds with a sum weight of 6.5 kg are contained within the Gold Treasure brewery.

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The aforementioned tomb 43, dug up in 1974 in the heart of the Varna necropolis, holds one of the most interesting contents, with more than 1.5 kg of golden treasures discovered inside, causing archaeologists to wonder the status of the man buried, possibly a monarch, or a ruler.
The gold objects consist of 10 large applications, a huge quantity of rings, 2 necklaces, chains, something appearing to be a golden penis, gold bow ornaments, a stone and a copper ax.
In another tomb explored on site, Tomb No. 36, 850 gold items consisting of a tiara, earrings, necklace, belt, bracelet, breastplate, gold scepter with hammer, gold models in one pruning, two gold bars representing animals and 30 models of horn heads were discovered.

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Scientists found the items wrapped within a golden cloth lining the outlines of human body with several relics to the right, showing that the tomb had a male burial mound. Archaeologists once interpreted such gold artifacts to be regal insignia.
Similar “regal” tombs found in the Varna cemetery includes tombs 1, 4 and 5. A number of discoveries in the necropolis are interpreted as celebration of the blacksmith’s role, replacing that of Great Mother and turned the matriarchal world into a patriarchal world.
In calculus culture, the position of carpenter was comparable to that of king, because metal was a symbol of the state rather than an economic means at the time. About 30% of the rugged area of ​​the necropolis has not yet been excavated.
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