As of 2026-10-12, Tell Asmar Hoard tops the list with 2,901 BC.
- #1 Tell Asmar Hoard — 2,901 BC
collection of mesopotamian statues
The Tell Asmar Hoard are a collection of twelve statues unearthed in 1933 at Eshnunna in the Diyala Governorate of Iraq. Despite subsequent finds at this site and others throughout the greater Mesopotamian area, they remain the definitive example of the abstract style of Early Dynastic temple sculpture. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #2 Bennewitz Hoard — 2,001 BC
Early Bronze Age hoard from Germany
source Wikidata - #3 Quetta Treasure — 1,900 BC
grave and hoard discovered in Quetta, Pakistan
source Wikidata - #4 Hoard from Loshult Scania — 1,400 BC source Wikidata
- #5 Czapur Treasure — 1,100 BC
Bronze Age hoard
source Wikidata - #6 Eberswalde Hoard — 1,001 BC
Bronze Age hoard of 81 gold objects
The Eberswalde Hoard or Treasure of Eberswalde is a Bronze Age hoard of 81 gold objects with a total weight of 2.59 kg (83 ozt). The largest prehistoric assembly of gold objects ever found in Germany, it is considered to be one of the most important finds from the Central European Bronze Age. Its production has been attributed to the Nordic Bronze Age culture. Today, it is in Russia, as part of the group of artifacts and works of art stolen from Germany at the end of the Second World War. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #7 Bronze hoard from the late Urnfield period — 901 BC
Hoard containing a sickle knife, 3 bronze axes, and 5 bronze sickles from the Collection of the Landesmuseum Württemberg
source Wikidata - #8 Heatheryhaugh — 801 BC
hoard in the United Kingdom
source Wikidata - #9 Oxus Treasure — 550 BC
collection of ca. 180 gold and silver objects and ca. 200 coins from Achaemenid Persia, found by the Oxus in 1877–1880
The Oxus treasure is a collection of about 180 surviving pieces of metalwork in gold and silver, most relatively small, and around 200 coins, from the Achaemenid Persian period which were found by the Oxus river about 1877–1880. The exact place and date of the find remain unclear, but is often proposed as being near Kobadiyan. It is likely that many other pieces from the hoard were melted down for bullion; early reports suggest there were originally some 1500 coins, and mention types of... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #10 Vettersfelde Treasure — 501 BC
hoard found in Poland
The Vettersfelde Treasure or Witaszkowo Treasure is a treasure trove, which was found by chance in what was then Vettersfelde in the Province of Brandenburg in 1882, and is now in the Antikensammlung Berlin. The objects in the trove are connected to the animal-themed art of the Scythians. The origin of the trove remains mysterious. Read more on Wikipedia.
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