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The 21 beads form part of a bronze hoard found in 2019 within a forested area close to the town of Nisporeni. Alongside the beads, the hoard included numerous bronze ornaments (2 Röschitz-Sanislău-type fibulae, 7 necklaces, 12 rings, 22 tubes, 23 bracelets, and approximately 80 appliqués), one coral bead and a pendant made from a wild animal's tooth. At present, the amber beads are preserved in the collections of the Muzeul Național de Istorie a Moldovei, while the remainder of the hoard is in the possession of a private collector.
The hoard was discovered accidentally in a pit about 50 cm deep. The objects in this hoard are of Western origin, with known parallels in archaeological complexes from Poland, Hungary, Serbia, and Slovakia, and, to a lesser extent, in Romania. The presence of this bronze hoard on the territory of the Republic of Moldova illustrates the cultural dynamics of the region during the Early Iron Age and a fundamental shift in the vector of cultural influences from east to west.

The amber bead strand comprises 16 whole beads and five fragmentary ones. They have an elongated biconical shape and vary in size. The beads are brown-reddish in color; their lengths range from 1.1 to 3.1 cm, widths from 0.6 to 1.4 cm, thicknesses from 0.6 to 1.1 cm, and the perforation diameter ranges between 0.2 and 0.3 cm.
Amber beads appear in several bronze hoards dated to the Late Bronze Age in the eastern half of Slovakia and in Transdanubian Hungary. Parallels are also known from the Cioclovina Cave in Romania. With the onset of the Iron Age, amber items disappear from the Carpathian Basin for approximately 300 years, reappearing alongside the arrival of Scythian elements.
The bronze hoard discovered at Nisporeni is dated to the HaA2-HaB1-2 interval (1050/1000 - 800/750 B.C.).

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"Tribute to Innovation and Sustainability"

November 18 – December 2, 2023

A future where innovation, artificial intelligence, robotics and creativity go hand in hand to ensure sustainability in everyday life. Wondering if it's possible? What is the tribute to that green future? Come and travel from the materialization of ideas in the present, from prototypes, robotics, exhibits from what we mistakenly believe to be waste, to the vision of the green future visualized with Midjourney by students of VerdePlay.

The "Tribute to Innovation and Sustainability" exhibition is organized within the Green Play project in collaboration with the National Museum of History of Moldova. The AI solutions were made following the "Ideation and creative thinking with AI" workshop delivered by the Sigmoid team.

The exhibition includes three verticals of the Verde Play project: Renewable Energy, Circular Economy and Organic Agriculture. This initiative aims to draw public attention to environmental issues and provide innovative solutions to address these issues. The exhibits in the exhibition will consist of works made from recyclable materials by the children involved in the project, in collaboration with organizations such as Clasa Viitorului, FabLab, MicroLab, ZipHouse, Recyline.

The "Verde Play" project is launched under the auspices of the Ministry of Education and Research, supported by the Technologies of the Future Project, financed by USAID, Sweden and Great Britain, Orange Moldova, Kaufland Moldova, ProCredit Bank, MoldControl, the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Accelerator "Dreamups" and the Center National Digital Innovations in Education "Class of the Future"

The "Tribute to Innovation and Sustainability" exhibition can be visited between November 18 and December 2, 2023, in the ground floor, the National Museum of History of Moldova, str. 31 August 1989, 121A.