Anthropology.netNew study reveals Chalcolithic cornets were likely beeswax lamps made by ritual participants themselves, challenging standard models of ancient ceramic production. #Archaeology #Chalcolithic #RitualObject https://www.anthropology.net/p/when-everyone-brought-their-own-light
Vassil Nikolov | Васил НиколовFrom the Fifth Millennium in the Balkans, the time and place of the first metallurgy in the world.
Copper chisels, a copper needle, and a bone needle.
Grave goods.
Found in low parts of the eastern Balkan Mountain Range (near the village of Tranak, Ruen municipality, Bulgaria).
The picture was taken at tonight's opening of the exhibition Bulgarian Archaeology 2025, Museum of Archaeology, Sofia, Bulgaria.
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