Ancient Egypt: The Gold of Power and Praise

Powered by gold: Ancient Egypt, for thousands of years one of the most powerful empires in the Eastern Mediterranean. But where did all that gold come from? Find out about early gold panning, gold mines, the invention of exploration geology, and how hard it was to extract the gold from the ore.
Video Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:17 Gold in Ancient Egypt
01:50 Where did the gold come from?
05:17 Gold is Power
07:14 The First Exploration Geologists
09:06 Early Mining Techniques
10:57 Spending Outstrips Production
12:20 Conclusion
Works Cited:
Rosemarie and Dietrich Klemm, 2013: Gold and Gold Mining in Ancient Egypt and Nubia: Springer, New York, NY, 664 p.
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[@hareshsingh8168]

This is a fantastic series. Thank you.

[@minerals.arizona]

Thank you for the kind words.

[@agder2]

Thanks!

[@murrayson1]

I love eastern Mediterranean

[@Allyourbase1990]

Mining for good with our technology is difficult . Imagine ancients mining for the amount of gold they had . They had soooo much gold

[@ronaldsmith4153]

Maybe the Bronze Age Collapse was caused by the collapse of Egyptian gold mining amongst other thigs?

[@mithulaghari257]

RAMSES is live in our Economy .

[@marymurray3298]

They just started picking up pretty rocks?

[@minerals.arizona]

This is how a many a gelogist's journey begins...

[@jennodine]

@@minerals.arizona ‘Tis true for me!

[@alexnutu1125]

Fascinating

[@Scolecite]

Silver was more precious to Egyptians