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One of the oldest known uses of gold appears to be in Bulgaria, from a site that is called Varna Necropolis or Varna Cemetery. The site is a burial ground were a number of gold artifacts were found to be in clear burial contexts with human skeletons. Surprisingly, out of the more than 200 graves found, many of them contained gold and other metal finds (primarily copper). One individual seemed to have far more gold buried with him, with objects including a gold mace, jewelry, and even a penis sheath made of gold (Figure 1).
[[File:Or de Varna - Nécropole.jpg|thumbnail|right|Figure 1. One the earliest gold graves found, at the site of Varna Necropolis, where the high status individual is buried with a substantial amount of gold.]]
