Monday 9 July 2012

Earliest gold jewellery

Humans, who are attracted by gold’s stunning color and malleable properties, have used gold to create personal decorations for hundreds of years. The oldest proof of gold operating comes from Bulgaria, near Varna, in burial pits dating back as so much as 4500 BC. In one grave alone there have been 990 gold objects together with jeweler and a scepter. The artifacts show these ancient folks were refined goldsmiths, that suggests that individuals could are operating gold for hundreds of years before then and perfecting the art type.


This 2500 year old Thracian
mask contains 500g of
solid gold

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