Gold in Ancient Times

The Incas talked about gold as being the “tears of the sun”. Gold has been mentioned also in “Iliad” and “Odyssey”. Here Homer said that the precious metal was a sign of immortality among gods and of wealth among ordinary people.

The first gold treasure map was created around 1320 B.C., in the time of Seti. The Turin Museum now holds parts of the papyrus called

“Carte des mines d’or”. In this papyrus there are illustrated roads leading to gold mines and gold-bearing mountains. Of course, everybody is curious where the road to the gold leads. But as most treasure maps, the explications are a bit vague. Modern opinions say that the glittering metal is located in the Wadi Fawakhir region, where the El Sid gold mine is located. Even so, no one can be sure that the treasure is not sitting somewhere, waiting to be found.

For the ancient Greek method of mining gold tons of water was used to propel the gold-bearing sand. This method was invented thousands of years ago but it was still used in the California Gold Rush in 1949.

Gold money was first introduced on the market somewhere around 700 B.C. when the Lydian merchants produced the coin. These first coins were made out of 63% gold and 27% silver.

The discovery of the “Gold of Troy” treasure was a real revelation of ancient delicate jewelry and a gold gravy boat. The treasure hoard was found in Turkey and it dates back to the era 2450-2600 B.C. At that time, the precious metal was considered to be very valuable but it was not seen as money. The yellow metal was owned by the powerful and wealthy or it was used to make objects of warship to decorate sacred locations.

Gold has remained a valuable asset even in our days. The precious metal is worth owning and this is why economists advise us to purchase it.

Source by Jack Wogan

Gold in Ancient Times