Bulgaria shows the oldest gold in the world in Bucharest

Bulgaria is visiting Bucharest with one of its most valuable archaeological treasures. Until March 29, visitors to the Municipal Museum of the Romanian capital can see the gold and artifacts from the Varna Chalcolithic Necropolis from the late 5th and early 4th millennium BC.

The first large-scale presentation of the finds from Varna in Romania includes exhibits that are usually kept in the permanent exhibition of the Archaeological Museum in Varna. Among the valuables is the oldest processed gold in the world - a symbol of one of the earliest developed societies in Europe.

Some of the displayed objects leave Bulgaria extremely rarely, which makes the exhibition in Bucharest an event of international importance. Visitors can trace the development of funeral rites and ideas about the afterlife from the Stone Age to the Middle Ages through nearly 6,000 artifacts created about six thousand years ago.

In July 2025, finds from the Varna necropolis were included in the exhibition "On the Waves of the Black Sea Through the Ages", which was presented at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, BTA recalls.

Editor: Veneta Nikolova

Photos: BTA