Mystery of the Varna Gold: What Caused These Ancient Societies to Disappear? Treasure found in prehistoric graves in Bulgaria is the first evidence of social hierarchy, but no one knows what ...

The Varna treasure is considered the world's oldest human processed gold, dating back 6,500 years.

4,100-year-old treasure found in Bulgaria Bulgarian archaeologists have unearthed about 15,000 tiny golden pieces that date back to the end of the third millennium B.C.

The most fabulous treasure trove of all was Grave 43, in which over 1.2 kilograms of gold objects were discovered. Inside lay the skeleton of what is believed to be the chief of the community ...

Toothsome Treasure. ... a worker discovered a 6,000-year-old necropolis near the Bulgarian city of Varna that was filled with graves containing the oldest known gold hoard ever found.

The exhibition The Oldest Gold of Humankind presenting a part of the famous Varna treasure will take place in the Dordrecht Museum in Holland from October 28, 2016 to April 28, 2017. The ...

Varna, Bulgaria - Bulgaria, once home to the Ancient Thracian civilisation, laid a gilded lure for tourists this weekend with a dazzling display of its nine most important gold and silver ...

The exhibition "Varna - The Oldest Gold Treasure", which shows golden objects discovered in Bulgaria, was unveiled in the building of the European Parliament in Brussels on Wednesday. The treasure ...