Editing Jewellery (section)

==== The first gold jewellery from Bulgaria ====
{{Main|Varna Necropolis}}
[[File:Grave offerings.jpg|thumb|Oldest golden artifacts in the world from Varna necropolis – grave offerings on exposition in [[Varna Archaeological Museum|Varna Museum]]]]
The oldest gold {{not a typo|jewellery}} in the world is dating from 4,600 BC to 4,200 BC and was discovered in Europe, at the site of [[Varna Necropolis]], near the [[Black Sea]] coast in [[Bulgaria]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RnE9Fa4pbn0C&dq=varna+necropolis+oldest&pg=PA290|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101113823/https://books.google.com/books?id=RnE9Fa4pbn0C&pg=PA290&dq=varna+necropolis+oldest&hl=en#v=onepage&q=varna%20necropolis%20oldest&f=false|title=Gems and Gemstones: Timeless Natural Beauty of the Mineral World|first1=Lance|last1=Grande|first2=Allison|last2=Augustyn|date=November 15, 2009|archive-date=November 1, 2022|publisher=University of Chicago Press| isbn=978-0-226-30511-0 |via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/varna-bulgaria-gold-graves-social-hierarchy-prehistoric-archaelogy-smithsonian-journeys-travel-quarterly-180958733/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718083237/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/varna-bulgaria-gold-graves-social-hierarchy-prehistoric-archaelogy-smithsonian-journeys-travel-quarterly-180958733/|title=Mystery of the Varna Gold: What Caused These Ancient Societies to Disappear?|first=Andrew|last=Curry|archive-date=July 18, 2023|website=Smithsonian Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/oldest-gold-object-unearthed-bulgaria-180960093/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928002452/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/oldest-gold-object-unearthed-bulgaria-180960093/|title=World's Oldest Gold Object May Have Just Been Unearthed in Bulgaria|first=Jason|last=Daley|archive-date=September 28, 2019|website=Smithsonian Magazine}}</ref>