Found the oldest 4,500-year-old gold antiquity in the world

The piece of gold is small but it is a big discovery, because it may be the oldest artifact in Europe or even the world.

This tiny 4mm threaded gold piece is located in the ancient prehistoric site located in Pazardzhik city, south of Bulgaria. It was dated to about 4,500-4,600 years BC, more than the Bronze Age gold from Varna city also in Bulgaria in 1972.

The piece of gold weighs only 0.005 ounces.

"I am sure it is longer than the gold in Varna. This is an important discovery. Although small, it has great historical value," said Yavor Boyadzhiev, professor of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

Boyadzhiev believes that the owner of the piece of gold comes from Europe's first high cultural community. This group came from Anatolia in Turkey from the year 6,000 BC. The reason is that based on the inspection criteria, the relic site is the size of a city, with a longer age than Sumer, Iraq, which is considered the first civilized city to appear.

Archaeologists have excavated an area of ​​10-12 hectares, revealing 2.8m high walls. According to the standard, the area only needs to be 0.7-0.8 hectares wide already considered a city. In addition, there are 150 bird-shaped pottery, showing that birds can be the mascot of this community. However, this place was ruined in 4,100 BC by invading tribes from the northeast.