#Exhibit of the Month

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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Open air cinema at the National Museum of History of Moldova (Second Edition)

August 13 - September 17, 2015

For the lovers of quality movies, the National Museum of History of Moldova organized the "Movie night under the stars" in the period from August 13th to September 17th. The event, at its second edition, was organized in partnership with the Association for Charity and Promotion of Civic Culture. The organizers aimed with this event to promote a popular concept abroad - outdoor movies available to a large public.

For five weeks, starting at 20.00 hours in the courtyard of the museum were screened 15 classical American movies that won or have been nominated at prestigious international festivals. The audience had the opportunity to watch famous movies, outstanding actors, many of whom award winners at different film festivals or winners of Oscars awards. The films were projected in their original language - English with Romanian subtitles.

The event "Movie night under the stars" ended with the cinematographic masterpiece „Some like it Hot" (1959), one of the most frequently screened and adored films of the last century, and with an acoustic concert.

Agenda of the event included:

• August 13th - Funny Face (1957), directed by Stanley Donen;
• August 14th - Sabrina (1954), directed by Billy Wilder;
• August 20th - The Apartment (1964), directed by Billy Wilder;
• August 21st - The Great Rupert (1950), directed by Irving Pichel;
• August 22nd - Gone with the Wind I (1939), directed by Victor Fleming;
• August 23rd - Pillow Talk (1959), directed by Michael Gordon;
• August 27th- Gone with the Wind II (1939), directed by Victor Fleming;
• August 28th - Roman Holiday (1953), directed by William Wyler;
• August 29th - How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), directed by Jean Negulesco;
• September 3rd - Charlie Chaplin;
• September 4th - Breakfast at Tifanny (1961), directed by Blake Edwards;
• September 5th - An Affair to Remember (1957), directed by Leo McCarey;
• September 10th - A Song to Remember (1945), directed by Charles Vidor;
• September 11th - Boeing Boeing (1965), directed by John Rich;
• September 17th - Some Like it Hot (1959), directed by Billy Wilder.