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Founded on 3 June 1888, when a museum, part of the City Library was established, the Varna Archaeological Museum is situated in a historic building designed in the Neo-Renaissance style by the noted architect Petko Momchilov and built in 1892–1898 for the Varna Girls' School. It became state property in 1945, and since 1993 the museum has ...
Varna necropolis, grave offerings on exhibit at the Varna Museum. The site was accidentally discovered in October 1972 by excavator operator Raycho Marinov. The first person to value the significant historical meaning was Dimitar Zlatarski, the creator of the Dalgopol Historical Museum, when he was called by the locals to examine what they had found earlier that day.
The Varna culture was a Chalcolithic culture of northeastern Bulgaria, dated c. 4500 BC, [1] [2] contemporary and closely related with the Gumelnița culture. The oldest golden artifacts in the world (4600 BC - 4200 BC) were found in the Necropolis of Varna. These artefacts are on display in the Varna Archaeological Museum. [3] [4] [5]
1878 – Varna becomes part of newly restored independent Bulgaria per Treaty of Berlin (1878) [3] [5] 1883 – Orient Express railway begins operating. [citation needed] 1885 – Euxinograd palace built near Varna. 1886 – Dormition of the Mother of God Cathedral, Varna built. 1888 Varna Archaeological Museum founded. Population: 25,256. [3]
Museum of New History of Varna: 1851 [10] Saint Nicholas church: 1859-1865 [11] Ethnographic museum: 1860 [12] Stefanidi's house: 1862 [13] St. Michael church: 1862 [14]
Hermann and Karel Škorpil, Varna Archaeological Museum. Václav Hermenegild Škorpil (Bulgarian: Вацлав Херменгилд Шкорпил; 8 February 1858 – 25 June 1923) was an archaeologist and museum worker credited along with his brother Karel with the establishment of those two disciplines in Bulgaria, as well as a geologist, botanist, architect and librarian.
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Burial place near Varna. Chalcolithic, 4600-4200 BC. Some jewelry are insignia of power, others should protect the important parts of the deceased body. (Golden condoms are common in Anatolia.) Varna Archaeological Museum.