{"id":12236,"date":"2022-02-16T17:36:35","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T17:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/?p=12236"},"modified":"2022-04-03T01:27:57","modified_gmt":"2022-04-03T01:27:57","slug":"the-history-of-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/the-history-of-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"The History of Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"The History of Gold\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n<p>The oldest gold artifacts in the world are from&nbsp;Bulgaria&nbsp;and are dating back to the 5th millennium BC (4,600 BC to 4,200 BC), such as those found in the&nbsp;Varna Necropolis&nbsp;near Lake Varna and the&nbsp;Black Sea&nbsp;coast, thought to be the earliest &#8220;well-dated&#8221; finding of gold artifacts in history.(La Niece 2009)&nbsp;&nbsp;Several prehistoric Bulgarian finds are considered no less old \u2013 the golden treasures of Hotnitsa,&nbsp;Durankulak, artifacts from the Kurgan settlement of Yunatsite near&nbsp;Pazardzhik, the golden treasure Sakar, as well as beads and gold jewelry found in the Kurgan settlement of&nbsp;Provadia&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Solnitsata&nbsp;(\u201csalt pit\u201d). However, Varna gold is most often called the oldest since this treasure is the largest and most diverse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-rh-negative-blood-and-people\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"aFu8XyghUP\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/how-do-you-feel-when-you-look-at-gold\/\">How do you feel when you look at gold?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;How do you feel when you look at gold?&#8221; &#8212; The Rh Negative Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/how-do-you-feel-when-you-look-at-gold\/embed\/#?secret=ggC4VLKKPs#?secret=aFu8XyghUP\" data-secret=\"aFu8XyghUP\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"The History of Gold\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"The History of Gold\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>The oldest gold artifacts in the world are from&nbsp;Bulgaria&nbsp;and are dating back to the 5th millennium BC (4,600 BC to 4,200 BC), such as those found in the&nbsp;Varna Necropolis&nbsp;near Lake Varna and the&nbsp;Black Sea&nbsp;coast, thought to be the earliest &#8220;well-dated&#8221; finding of gold artifacts in history.(La Niece 2009)&nbsp;&nbsp;Several prehistoric Bulgarian finds are considered no less old \u2013 the golden treasures of Hotnitsa,&nbsp;Durankulak, artifacts from the Kurgan settlement of Yunatsite near&nbsp;Pazardzhik, the golden treasure Sakar, as well as beads and gold jewelry found in the Kurgan settlement of&nbsp;Provadia&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Solnitsata&nbsp;(\u201csalt pit\u201d). 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