The heart of a thousand-year-old gold suspected by the Bulgarian queen

Gold heart-shaped jewelry originated in the 10th century found in Bulgaria could be the queen Maria Lakapene, the wife of Tsar Petar I.

Stoycho Bonev and Radostina Georgieva, two associate professors from the National Institute of Archeology and Museum in Sofia, find heart-shaped gold ornaments in the town of Veliki Preslav, Shumen province, northeast Bulgaria, Archeology in Bulgaria reported on October 15.

The 23-carat premium gold heart is found in Bulgaria.(Photo: Trud Daily).

The golden heart is 4cm wide, 3.5cm long with 5-color enamel, including blue, green, red, white and ivory. It originated in the 10th century, the reign of Tsar Bulgaria Petar I (927 - 969).

"The heart is made of more than 23-carat high-grade gold and is an ornament on clothes , " Bonev said.

This piece of jewelry is made of enamelled grid cells, ie a silicon mixture molded in gold or silver mold to create small cells, which are then covered with multicolored glass paste, forming enamel

From the chronology and clever details of the heart of gold, archaeological groups speculate that it may belong to Empress Maria Lakapene , Tsar Petar I. This is an important archaeological artifact, also a masterpiece. jewelry work so no one can estimate its true value.

"Many of the same jewels have been found, but they are made of silver or copper, so they are cheaper. Since the gold treasure Preslav was discovered in 1978, this is the first time there is a jewelry. Such a trap is found , " Bonev commented.