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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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The opening of the exhibition "Mom, I don't want war!!!"

September 30, 2022

On September 30, at 12:00, in front of the National Museum of History of Moldova, was opened the exhibition "Mami, I don't want war!!!", organized in partnership with the Polish Institute from Bucharest, the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in the Republic of Moldova and the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Moldova.

The exhibition features historical drawings by Polish children from 1946, which record their experience during World War II and the German occupation of 1939-1945, as well as contemporary drawings by Ukrainian children about the ongoing war in Ukraine and which can be found on the Mom I see war portal.

The similarity between the historical drawings and those of today is amazing. Children draw tanks, airplanes from which bombs are dropped, fires and explosions. Draw wounded and dead, ruined houses, graves. They draw themselves and their families, draw evacuation and escape. They also draw their hopes and dreams for the future. The multitude of emotions transposed in the drawings: from fear and despair to hope and faith in victory, confirms one thing - children should not suffer because of war, they deserve to be happy and loved.

During the opening, Eugen Sava, the General Director of the National Museum of History of Moldova, stated that the children's drawings are wonderful but also tragic at the same time and convey a profound message.

Tomasz Michał Kobzdej, the ambassador of the Republic of Poland in the Republic of Moldova, noted that "In 1946 children show soldiers in cartoons as people who have been driven mad by nazi or communist ideologies, as monsters. There is no doubt that the wars of adults bring suffering to children. Protecting children who are victims of war is one of the priorities of the foreign policy of the Republic of Poland".

The Ambassador of Ukraine in the Republic of Moldova, Marko Shevcenko, stated that "The exhibition is both impressive and paradoxical at the same time. Despite the fact that the distance at which these drawings were made is more than 80 years - the theme is the same. Only the military symbols are different. Evil remains evil regardless of the messages promoted and it is important that everyone unites and fights back against this evil."

The exhibition "Mom, I don't want war!!!" can be seen on the fence of the National Museum of History of Moldova (31 August 1989 street, no. 121 A) between September 30 and October 31, 2022.