Humanity's First Gold Exhibition At Dordrechts Museum

DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS - NOVEMBER 24: A recreation of the skeleton discovered in Grave No. 43 in the Varna Chalcolithic Necropolis together with the numerous gold artefacts dating to the 4560-4450 BC the oldest processed gold in the world, as displayed in the 'Humanity's First Gold' exhibition at Dordrechts Museum on November 24, 2016 in Dordrecht, Netherlands. The grave comprised of gold earrings, circular appliques used for the ornaments of a head-dress, two gold bracelets, Spondylus bracelet with gold plates, gold-ring bracelets, clothes trimmed with gold and carnelian beads and circular, a gold penis sheath, a clay bowl, a bow with its gold fittings, spears, fint and copper points, stone axe-sceptre and fint blades. An amazingly advanced civilization, more ancient than the empires of Mesopotamia and Egypt, and the first known culture to craft golden artifacts. Varna is also now home to the largest known prehistoric necropolis in south-eastern Europe. Unearthed in the central part of the Varna Necropolis in 1972, it belonged to a male aged 40-50 but of rather substantial size for the time, 1.70-1.75 meters tall (app. 5 feet 6 8 inches). (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)
DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS - NOVEMBER 24: A recreation of the skeleton discovered in Grave No. 43 in the Varna Chalcolithic Necropolis together with the numerous gold artefacts dating to the 4560-4450 BC the oldest processed gold in the world, as displayed in the 'Humanity's First Gold' exhibition at Dordrechts Museum on November 24, 2016 in Dordrecht, Netherlands. The grave comprised of gold earrings, circular appliques used for the ornaments of a head-dress, two gold bracelets, Spondylus bracelet with gold plates, gold-ring bracelets, clothes trimmed with gold and carnelian beads and circular, a gold penis sheath, a clay bowl, a bow with its gold fittings, spears, fint and copper points, stone axe-sceptre and fint blades. An amazingly advanced civilization, more ancient than the empires of Mesopotamia and Egypt, and the first known culture to craft golden artifacts. Varna is also now home to the largest known prehistoric necropolis in south-eastern Europe. Unearthed in the central part of the Varna Necropolis in 1972, it belonged to a male aged 40-50 but of rather substantial size for the time, 1.70-1.75 meters tall (app. 5 feet 6 8 inches). (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)
Humanity's First Gold Exhibition At Dordrechts Museum
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