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Thursday, 18th August 2005 (4404 views)

Archaeologists have unearthed 15,000 highly decorated gold rings in Dabene, Bulgaria.<br/><br/>The 4,200-year old gold rings were discovered in a tomb and some of them are so finely crafted that the welding mark joining the metal into a ring is invisible even with a microscope.<br/><br/>The rings are thought to be the work of 'proto-Thracians' who once lived in Bulgaria and other parts of the east.<br/><br/>Vasil Nikolov, director of the Bulgarian Archaeological Institute, compared this latest treasure trove to that of Troy which German archaeologist, Heinrich Schliemann, discovered in 1868.<br/><br/>"This treasure is a bit older than Schliemann's finds in Troy and contains many more golden ornaments," he commented.<br/><br/>The gold rings are the latest in a line of Bulgarian discoveries such as the gold wreath and ring found in Yambol, Eastern Bulgaria recently.<br/><br/><br/><img alt="track" src='http://feeds.directnews.org.uk/feedtrack/dn.gif?feedid=196&itemid=15026106'/>© Adfero Ltd

 

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