Oldest known gold jewelry found in a grave in Varna (Bulgaria)

ForestOrca, 10 months ago

Varna Necropolis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varna_Necropolis)

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/varna-bulgaria-gold-graves-social-hierarchy-prehistoric-archaelogy-smithsonian-journeys-travel-quarterly-180958733/

https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/oldest-known-gold-jewelry-europe-discovered-bronze-age-bulgarian-site-020631

I knew I'd seen this picture before, so I looked, lol, this just dropped two days ago from the Varna tourist bureau : https://visit.varna.bg/en/varna_oldest_gold_treasure_in_the_world.html

tierelantijntje, 10 months ago

Is that a gold… penis thimble? o.0

nuke, 10 months ago

Jealous?

tierelantijntje, 10 months ago

I don’t have a penis to put it on, but yes, I am a bit jealous.

TheLobotomist, 10 months ago

Clearly

DScratch, 10 months ago

Could be a gold moon cup!

DaGeek247, 10 months ago

Could have also been a buttplug that fell backwards.

Coreidan, 10 months ago

If you gotta ask then you can’t afford it

ReluctantMuskrat, 10 months ago

That’s a gold penis sheath. Is it not obvious? Sheesh

The high status man buried with the most remarkable amount of gold held a war adze or mace and wore a gold penis sheath.

CosmicApe, 9 months ago

He lost his in an unfortunate schmelting accident

loudWaterEnjoyer, 9 months ago

Do you see how low it hangs