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The exhibited necklace of beads originates from Funerary Complex No. 6 of Kurgan No. 4, excavated in 1982 by Dr. Habil. Eugen SAVA near the town of Taraclia. The beads were found in the chest area of the deceased, indicating that they had been worn as a necklace and had remained in their original position within the funerary assemblage.
The necklace consists of 11 elements made entirely of Egyptian faience. Eight of the beads are spherical and decorated with vertical incisions forming between 14 and 21 raised ribs. Their diameters range from 13 to 20 mm. Two additional elements are scarab representations measuring 23.5 × 19.5 mm, while the final component is a flattened cylindrical pendant bead featuring a central vertical groove and measuring 22 × 9 mm. The objects range in color from light blue to dark blue and violet hues, reflecting the natural deterioration and glaze variations characteristic of Egyptian faience.
Egyptian faience is an artificial quartz-based material coated with an alkaline glaze, typically blue or blue-green in color. It was widely used in Ancient Egypt and later spread throughout the Mediterranean and Pontic regions through trade networks. During the first centuries AD, such objects served as important indicators of cultural and economic contacts between the Mediterranean world and the communities of the North Pontic region.
Owing to its typological, technological, and symbolic characteristics, the Taraclia necklace is an exceptionally valuable artifact for the study of intercultural relations, the circulation of prestige goods, and the funerary practices of the Sarmatian communities during the first centuries AD (1st-2nd centuries AD).

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"Symbol of Dignity"

April 27 - May 10, 2011

"Symbol of Dignity" is a documentary photo exhibition opened Wednesday, April 27, at the National Museum of Archaeology and History of Moldova on the occasion of the Day of State Flag, the main official symbol of sovereignty and independence of the Republic of Moldova.

The exhibition brings together about 100 museum items, especially photographs, reflecting the epochal events of recent history of the Republic of Moldova. It refers to the Great National Assembly of August 27, 1989 and 1991, Bridges of Flowers, the first edition of the National Holiday "Limba noastra" of August31, 1990 which culminated with the reopening after restoration of the monument of Stephen the Great - the spiritual epicenter of national revival.

Photographic images captured the moments of flying the State Flag of Moldova at the UN and Council of Europe residences, on the top of Mount Everest and at Barselona Olympic Games in honor of a victory of Olympic champion Tudor Casapu.

Among the most significant items presented in the exhibition there are several improvised tricolors made by participants of the first Great National Assembly of August 27, 1989, the State Flag of the Republic of Moldova with the signatures of the first members of Parliament, the first postage stamps with the State Arms and Flag of Moldova, stamps issued on the occasion of proclamation of sovereignty and independence of RM, the country's accession to the UN and Council of Europe.

A separate section of the exhibition refers to the functioning of the Law on State Flag of the Republic of Moldova. The section includes images from various political, military or social events, images of state and cultural institutions, on the premises of which, by law, permanent or temporary the State Flag of the Republic Moldova is flying.

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Necklace of Egyptian faience beads discovered at Taraclia

"Symbol of Dignity"

April 27 - May 10, 2011

#Exhibit of the Month