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An exhibition of artefacts from the Varna Necropolis opened at the Varna History Museum, May 18, 2022 (BTA Photo)
site.btaVarna Necropolis and the Oldest Gold of Humankind
Fifty years ago, on October 22, 1972, the 22-year-old excavator operator Raycho Marinov was digging a trench for an underground cable in the western industrial zone of Varna, a few hundred meters from Varna Lake, when he noticed
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