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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 8683984" data-attributes="member: 58172"><p>The value of gold requires an explanation. It is almost certainly a symbolic value.</p><p></p><p>The Greeks talk about a "golden age", followed by "silver", and "bronze". Generally, archeologists correlate this myth with the advancement of metallurgy. During the stone age, gold appears to be the first metal that humans utilized, presumably found as nuggets in riverbeds, and relatively easy to reshape, thus appearing in jewelry. Silver requires a bit more technical skill and developed later, and copper moreso. The bronze alloy from copper and say 5% to 33% tin is weaponizable, whence the brutal violence of the "bronze age". In ancient times, gold associated with primal ancestors and a peaceful world.</p><p></p><p>For the Egyptians, the way gold resisted corrosion came to mean the metal is immortal. The Egyptians viewed gold as the literal flesh of gods. The divine is physically present wherever gold is. Generally, the metal is too sacred to touch, and only the pharaoh and the various temple priests were permitted to handle it. Thus the Egyptian economy was a robust barter system, where the relative value of various items, services, and commodities were evaluated in terms of their worth in a weight of gold. People kept records of how much people owed each other, but never actually touched gold.</p><p></p><p>Again, the ability to carry sizable wealth in a convenient way, is inherently a value. Gold gains crosscultural value.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 8683984, member: 58172"] The value of gold requires an explanation. It is almost certainly a symbolic value. The Greeks talk about a "golden age", followed by "silver", and "bronze". Generally, archeologists correlate this myth with the advancement of metallurgy. During the stone age, gold appears to be the first metal that humans utilized, presumably found as nuggets in riverbeds, and relatively easy to reshape, thus appearing in jewelry. Silver requires a bit more technical skill and developed later, and copper moreso. The bronze alloy from copper and say 5% to 33% tin is weaponizable, whence the brutal violence of the "bronze age". In ancient times, gold associated with primal ancestors and a peaceful world. For the Egyptians, the way gold resisted corrosion came to mean the metal is immortal. The Egyptians viewed gold as the literal flesh of gods. The divine is physically present wherever gold is. Generally, the metal is too sacred to touch, and only the pharaoh and the various temple priests were permitted to handle it. Thus the Egyptian economy was a robust barter system, where the relative value of various items, services, and commodities were evaluated in terms of their worth in a weight of gold. People kept records of how much people owed each other, but never actually touched gold. Again, the ability to carry sizable wealth in a convenient way, is inherently a value. Gold gains crosscultural value. [/QUOTE]
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