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    A vast necropolis dated to the late fifth - early fourth millennium BC, was discovered in 1972 near to Varna, on the northern Black Sea coast.

   The archaeological excavations revealed numerous graves containing extremely rich finds and featuring more than 3000 objects of pure gold: sceptres and small axes, massive bracelets and articles of adornment, and gold plaques cut in the shape of a bull. Even the beautiful ceramic vessels found were incrusted with gold decoration. The burial of a priest with a gold sceptre and other royal power insignia, also made of gold, is remarkable and shows the importance of the area.

Bulgaria has some of the World's most ancient Gold Artefacts
Some of which can be seen  at the Archaeological Museum
 

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   On 12 December 1901 a group of public men and teachers established the Varna Archaeological Society which from then was the basic motive power for the interest and the study of the past of Varna, the Varna region and Northeast Bulgaria. On June 11, 1906 the exhibition of the museum was officially inaugurated in a room of the Girl’s High School (now the Archaeological Museum). In 1952 a school building was specially granted and the exhibition was moved into it.
  From March 3, 1983 the Museum is situated in the present building, which is the only one offering complete possibilities for exhibiting and preserving its riches. During the whole period of its existence which is more than 120 years the Varna Archaeological Museum has constantly carried out archaeological investigations and excavations on various sites all over Northeast Bulgaria thus enriching its funds. The Varna Archaeological Museum keeps more than 100,000 objects-monuments of past epochs from Varna, the Region and Northeast Bulgaria.
In the Archaeological museum is exhibited the oldest golden treasure in the world.

  The Varna Chalcolithic Necropolis was accidentally found in October 1972. It is situated about 500 m north of the Varna Lake and about 4 km west of the downtown of Varna. Area from about 7,500 sq. m. was explored and were found more than 3000 golden objects dating back 6000 years ago were discovered in 294 graves.

1st FLOOR
PREHISTORY - Rooms 1-7

• Room 1 The Old Stone and the Middle Stone Age.
  The Palaeolithic and the Mesolithic Age

• Room 2 The Stone Copper Age-The Eneolithic Age
  Early Phase-second half of 5th Mill. B.C.

• Room 3 The Stone Copper Age-The Eneolithic Age
  Late Phase-second half of 5th Mill. B.C.

• Room 4 Early Thracian culture – The Bronze Age (year 3200-1200 BC)
  The Early Iron Age (year 1200-500 BC)

• Rooms 5-7 Varna Eneolithic Necropolis- The Second Phase of the Eneolithic Age (year 4600-4200BC)

ANTIQUITY – Rooms 8-18

• Room 8 The establishment of Odessos.
  The town during the Archaic and the Classical Period (6th-4th C.BC)

• Room 9 Odessos during the Hellenistic Period (mid 4th – mid  st C.BC)

• Rooms 10-12 Religion and burial rituals (1st-4th C.BC)

• Room 13 The Treasury (4th C.BC-6th C.AD)

• Rooms 14-15 Odessos during the Roman Rule (1st-3rd C.AD)

• Room 16 Ancient Art (5th C.BC-3rd.C.AD)

• Room 17 Odessos and its region in the Late Antiquity (4th-6th C.)

• Room 18 Odessos in the early Christian Period (4th-6th C.)

• Room 19-21 South 1- Temporary Exhibitions

2nd FLOOR
MEDIAEVAL PERIOD-Rooms 22-29

• Rooms 22-23 The Varna Region during the period of the First Bulgarian Kingdom (7th-11th C.)

• Room 24 Revival of the town life in Varna (11th C.)

• Room 25 Varna in the period of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom (12th-14th C.)

• Rooms 26-28 Varna (14th-18th C.)

• Room 29 Mediaeval Treasury

• Room 30 North-Visiting Exhibition

ICON-PAINTING FROM THE REVIVAL-Rooms 31-37

• Room 31 Church Plate 17th-19th C.

• Room 32 Icons of 16th-18th C.

• Rooms 33-34 Icons from the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast-19th C.

• Rooms 35-37 Icons by Triavna Icon Painters, Triavna Masters of the 19th C.
  Wood-carving

• Rooms 38-39 South 2-Visiting Exhibitions