The “oldest gold of humanity” was found in the Varna necropolis, on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast
Every year, we discover something about our history on the planet through excavations around the world. In one such excavation, archaeologists found what could be the oldest gold in the world, dating back to 4,500 BC. The gold bead found was about the size of an eighth of an inch and was found in Bulgaria. It could be the oldest processed gold ever discovered in Europe and probably in the world. Reuters reported in 2016 that the bead predates the previous oldest gold object, the Varna Gold, which is a hoard of gold found in a necropolis outside the Black Sea...
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