site.btaWorld's Oldest Processed Gold from Varna Necropolis Exhibited in Bucharest

The world's oldest processed gold in the world and other valuable finds from the Varna Chalcolithic Necropolis are exhibited at the Bucharest Municipal Museum until March 29. Most of the artefacts are part of the Varna Archaeological Museum's permanent exhibition and are presented in Romania for the first time, the Bucharest Municipal Museum says on its website.

Some artefacts have never left the permanent exhibition in Varna, while others, such as the complex from the Varna Necropolis II, including the oldest processed gold in the world, have rarely traveled abroad for exhibition, the Bucharest Municipal Museum notes.

Visitors to the exhibition are invited to explore the evolution of beliefs about the afterlife, starting with the mysterious beliefs of the Chalcolithic period and culminating with the Christian customs in the Middle Ages. Visitors will see nearly 6,000 artifacts, valued at millions of euro and dating back six millennia.

The rich museum narrative about the afterlife can be traced in three separate halls. The first one contains objects from the Neolithic period, as well as gold items. The purity of the gold from which they are made reaches 23.5 carats. The second hall presents the Iron Age, the Hellenistic period, and the Roman era in chronological order. The last hall contains objects from the Middle Ages and late antiquity.

The exhibition can be visited between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. from Wednesday to Sunday.