The Varna Chalcolithic Necropolis was discovered by chance in 1972 during excavation works while laying of a telephone cable in the Western Industrial Zone. The excavator operator Raycho Marinov found many gold items as well as copper and flint tools at a depth of 1.40 m. This took place on the northern shore of Varna Lake, 200 m from the water. A total of 294 graves with a large number of gold items in them and several individual findings referring to the Eneolithic i.e. the end of the Chalcolithic Age (Late Stone Age and Early Copper Age) have been unearthed on the excavations with area of 3000 sq.m. Part of the necropolis has been destroyed by time. Currently, the main part of the necropolis artefacts are in the Archaeological Museum of Varna, and a smaller part in the National History Museum in Sofia.