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The Varna Necropolis (Bulgarian: Варненски некропол), or Varna Cemetery, is a burial site in the western industrial zone of Varna (approximately half a kilometre from Lake Varna and 4 km from the city centre), internationally considered one of the key archaeological sites in world prehistory. The oldest gold treasure and ...
Mellerio dits Meller is a French jewellery house, founded in 1613, and still active today. It is the oldest family company in Europe. [1] It gives its name to the Mellerio cut, a 57-facet jewel cut, shaped as an oval within an ellipse. [2]
Torrini head quarters (museum and jewelry shop) Torrini is a Florentine company of goldsmiths located in the Piazza del Duomo. Founded in 1369, it is arguably the oldest jewelry firm in the world. [1]
The oldest gold jewelry in the world found in the necropolis is dated 4,600 BC to 4,200 BC. [6] Several prehistoric Bulgarian finds are considered no less old – the golden treasures of Hotnitsa, Durankulak, artifacts from the settlement of Yunatsite near Pazardzhik , the golden treasure of Sakar, as well as beads and gold jewellery found in ...
The oldest known jewelry in the world consists of two perforated beads made from shells of the sea snail Nassarius gibbosulus.These beads were discovered at Skhul in Israel, and were recently dated to between 100,000 and 135,000 years ago.
Jewellery (or jewelry in American English) ... The oldest gold jewellery in the world is dating from 4,600 BC to 4,200 BC and was discovered in Europe, ...
Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena in Siena, Italy, is the oldest surviving bank in the world and Italy's third largest bank. It was founded in 1472. The Raeapteek in the center of Tallinn city, Estonia is one of the oldest continuously running pharmacies in Europe, having always been in business in the same exact house since the early 15th ...
The Maharaja of Indore Necklace is a diamond and emerald-studded necklace. As of 2008, it is on display at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. , United States . It was originally named the Spanish Inquisition Necklace by the American jeweller Harry Winston , though it had no known connection with the historical Spanish ...