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.

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 ...

Some researchers have suggested that gold workers from the area may have produced much of the treasure found at ... about 6,700 years ago and panned in gold-rich rivers. At Varna on the ...

Archaeologists Found Close to 3.5 Pounds of Gold Buried in the Varna Necropolis: ‘Oldest Gold of Humanity’ Some things always stand out, no matter the time.

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 ...

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 ...

In 1972, for example, 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 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 ...