National Geographic

Americas' Oldest Gold Artifact Discovered

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/03/080331-oldest-gold.html"> <img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/080331-oldest-gold_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /> </a> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>A nine-bead necklace discovered in Peru is the oldest known gold artifact in the Americas, according to archaeologists.</p> </td> </tr></table>