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Ark of the Covenant
in Judaism, a wooden chest containing the two stone tablets of the Ten Commandments
menorah
ancient Hebrew lampstand
gold medal
medal generally awarded for first place or a high achievement
FIFA World Cup Trophy
award for victors for the FIFA World Cup
Mask of Agamemnon
gold funeral mask discovered at the ancient Greek site of Mycenae
mask of Tutankhamun
gold mask of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun
gold bar
commodity
Pyrgi Tablets
three golden plaques inscribed with a bilingual Phoenician–Etruscan dedicatory text ca. 500 B.C.
Golden Horns of Gallehus
archaeological artefact
Oxus Treasure
collection of ca. 180 gold and silver objects and ca. 200 coins from Achaemenid Persia, found by the Oxus in 1877–1880
golden apple
mythological object, stolen or hidden by an antagonist
Cellini Salt Cellar
sculpture by Benvenuto Cellini, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
Priam's Treasure
artifacts found by classical archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann
Treasure of Villena
archaeological treasure trove found in 1963
Treasure of Guarrazar
archeological find composed of twenty-six votive crowns and gold crosses from a site in Guadamur, prov. of Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
golden hat
Bronze Age artefact
golden plates
metallic plates from which Joseph Smith allegedly translated the Book of Mormon
Mercy seat
gold lid placed on the Ark of the Covenant
Sycee
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Pereshchepina Treasure
migration Period hoard
Pala d'Oro
altar in the Basilica di San Marco, Venice
Ziwiye
treasure hoard from Saqqez County, Iran
Golden Pectoral from Tovsta Mohyla
ancient golden artifact
Panagyurishte Treasure
Thracian hoard
Eberswalde Hoard
Bronze Age hoard of 81 gold objects
Royal Gold Cup
14th century French cup in the British Museum
Tovsta Mohyla
Scythian burial place
lunula
crescent-moon shaped late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age necklace or collar
gold teeth
form of dental prosthesis
votive crown
votive offering in Medieval Europe
Golden spike
ceremony for the completion of the first US railroad line from Sacramento to Omaha
Mold gold cape
Bronze Age solid sheet-gold object made and found in Wales
treasure binding
luxurious book cover using metalwork in gold or silver, jewels, or ivory, perhaps in addition to more usual bookbinding material for book covers such as leather, velvet, or other cloth
King of Na gold seal
Chinese gold seal found in Japan
Third Imperial
1887 Imperial Fabergé egg
Agate Casket of Oviedo
golden cup of Hasanlu
gold cup from 1200 years BC
Stavelot Triptych
12th-century Mosan reliquary and portable retable in the shape of a triptych
Casco de Leiro
ritual hemispherical cap
Ringlemere Cup
bronze age vessel
Cricket World Cup Trophy
ICC cricket
Valchitran Treasure
early Thracian treasure
Akan goldweights
Ghanaian weight made of brass used by the Akans
Golden Sun Bird
ancient Sichuanese artifact
Bimaran casket
reliquary from Afghanistan in the British Museum
Lalibela Cross
professional cross considered descended through the Ethiopian history
Golden Rhinoceros of Mapungubwe
medieval artifact made from wood which is covered in thin sheets of gold from the Kingdom of Mapungubwe
Dabene Treasure
Golden Tea Room
Japanese portable tea room
Holy Thorn Reliquary
14th-century reliquary made for John, Duke of Berry
Achaemenid Persian Lion Rhyton
metalwork-vessels highlighted in The MET collection
Chiemsee Cauldron
gold cauldron found in Lake Chiemsee, Bavaria
Shrine of Saint Mary
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Golden Orphism Book
Etruscan inscribed gold sheets (c. 660 BCE)
vinaigrette
small receptacles to contain scented vinegar or smelling salts, formerly used to ward off faintness
Nestor's Cup
gold goblet discovered in 1876 by Heinrich Schliemann
Wonoboyo hoard
mataram archaeological find
Bedia Chalice