Some artefacts have never left the permanent exhibition in Varna, while others, such as the complex from the Varna Necropolis II, including the oldest processed gold in the world, have rarely traveled abroad for exhibition, the Bucharest Municipal Museum notes.

Visitors to the exhibition are invited to explore the evolution of beliefs about the afterlife, starting with the mysterious beliefs of the Chalcolithic period and culminating with the Christian customs in the Middle Ages. Visitors will see nearly 6,000 artifacts, valued at millions of euro and dating back six millennia.

The rich museum narrative about the afterlife can be traced in three separate halls. The first one contains objects from the Neolithic period, as well as gold items. The purity of the gold from which they are made reaches 23.5 carats. The second hall presents the Iron Age, the Hellenistic period, and the Roman era in chronological order. The last hall contains objects from the Middle Ages and late antiquity.

The exhibition can be visited between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. from Wednesday to Sunday.

BTA Photo/Ilko Valkov: One of the artefacts presented in the Bucharest Municipal Museum, a find from the Varna Chalcolithic Necropolis