The objects are dating back between the fifth millennium BC and the third century AD.
As queues of people snaked outside the National Historical Museum in this Black Sea city(Varna) and a million others would visit during the five months the national treasures will be on display before being shipped out to separate exhibits across the world.
The nine collections belong to six Bulgarian museums but are rarely seen by the Bulgarian public as international venues have constantly sought to borrow them for display.
The most famous of their treasures, on display at the Varna museum, is an amphora rhyton -- an ornate drinking vessel -- and nine other vessels made of pure gold and decorated with the heads of mythological animals and people.
The works, found near Panagyurishte in the west of Bulgaria, weigh more than six kilogrammes (13.2 pounds).
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...to be continued
As queues of people snaked outside the National Historical Museum in this Black Sea city(Varna) and a million others would visit during the five months the national treasures will be on display before being shipped out to separate exhibits across the world.
The nine collections belong to six Bulgarian museums but are rarely seen by the Bulgarian public as international venues have constantly sought to borrow them for display.
The most famous of their treasures, on display at the Varna museum, is an amphora rhyton -- an ornate drinking vessel -- and nine other vessels made of pure gold and decorated with the heads of mythological animals and people.
The works, found near Panagyurishte in the west of Bulgaria, weigh more than six kilogrammes (13.2 pounds).
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...to be continued