Why Gold Is The Ultimate Asset For Wealth | The Power Of Gold (Part 1) | Timeline

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  • Incorporating myth, history and contemporary investigation, Bernstein tells the story of how human beings have become intoxicated, obsessed, enriched, impoverished, humbled and proud for the sake of gold. From the past to the future, Bernstein′s portrayal of gold is intimately linked to the character of humankind.
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  • @justinskeans3342
    @justinskeans3342 Před 2 lety +221

    The feeling of holding gold and silver in your hands is something very spiritual and powerful.

    • @jkc5576
      @jkc5576 Před 2 lety +3

      Psychological problem, it’s just your prejudice mindset.

    • @dougraddi908
      @dougraddi908 Před 2 lety +21

      Take it easy

    • @24kgoldbuffalo35
      @24kgoldbuffalo35 Před 2 lety +5

      @@jkc5576 lol....👍👍

    • @Shekateq
      @Shekateq Před rokem +10

      yes, and everybody should be able to do so. share

    • @typhon800
      @typhon800 Před rokem

      @@Shekateq communist

  • @Jerry.anthony.c
    @Jerry.anthony.c Před rokem +24

    3:16 - "In it's pure form it's ... "
    4:10 - Gold is rare.
    5:14 - It doesn't rust or fade
    10:35 - Passage to afterlife
    14:25 - Moses & Golden calf

  • @muhammadsulaiman1361
    @muhammadsulaiman1361 Před rokem +22

    When it comes to financial influence, no body in their real senses would choose any means of transaction than the Gold.
    My sincere support from Nigeria

    • @LandonClimbs
      @LandonClimbs Před 29 dny +1

      God bless America needs help we're a falling country with no citizen control.

  • @davidfrank3728
    @davidfrank3728 Před 2 lety +191

    Amazing that civilizations thousands of miles apart, never knowing of each other, held gold and precious stones in such high regards, for both religious and monetary value..

    • @speeddemon8977
      @speeddemon8977 Před 2 lety +7

      that's what they taught you civilizations never knowing each other but what is the reality? same pyramids in mexico same in peru same in Egypt same in china same in india you really think there was no contact if you then you are brainwashed

    • @stevejones8090
      @stevejones8090 Před 2 lety +15

      @@speeddemon8977 lolol....the reason you see pyramids everywhere is because that is the only efficient design to reach heights using primitive materials and tools

    • @phyrhfbr1819
      @phyrhfbr1819 Před 2 lety +7

      It's because it's shiny lol

    • @Loowis1549
      @Loowis1549 Před 2 lety +10

      It goes to show all ideas and concepts exists in the atmosphere. Its just up to who grasps it first ,or put the idea into material form or concept. We are more alike than we care to admit or accept

    • @4stomper
      @4stomper Před 2 lety +1

      It is starkly telling that early civilizations found and processed gold, replicated pyramid structures, had creation stories of multiple gods who taught humans technology and rules to live by. Human history is grossly inaccurate. The people across earth were connected thousands of years prior to Columbus’ boat trip. And the human bones that are hundreds of thousand years old!! We hardly can find truth in what was happening during the dynastic epyptian’s age.

  • @duanebuckley1769
    @duanebuckley1769 Před 5 lety +116

    when I was a boy growing up, I was told of the" ladies of the mines" I was to believe they had great riches and a lifestyle that only the chosen ones could lead..... as a mature man I was to realise these stylised goddesses were hiding often in plain sight and were better known as GOLD DIGGERS

  • @codenamemigrane9731
    @codenamemigrane9731 Před 3 lety +51

    ''Gold...gold beyond measure, beyond sorrow and grief"
    -Thorin Oakenshield

  • @TauroChuck
    @TauroChuck Před 3 lety +28

    Human civilization solved the problem of barter because of Gold. People across countries and cultures traded because of Gold . Humans came to this point in history because everything was driven by Gold. Silver can't be forgotten. Only thing that can save civilization is honest money that is Gold.

    • @natashabegley1346
      @natashabegley1346 Před 2 lety +2

      Why repeat basically what the video said lol

    • @TauroChuck
      @TauroChuck Před 2 lety +2

      @@natashabegley1346 The last line.Nowwhere in the documentary the state of the current monetary system is discussed.How Gold was debaced and clipped by the Romans thus losing trust in money,the same is playing out since 1971. Thats my point.

    • @abdillahijalalkhan2128
      @abdillahijalalkhan2128 Před 2 lety +1

      @@natashabegley1346
      To highlight and stress
      the point!
      The elites have stolen the gold and sold us the
      chit!

  • @frankrobinson2072
    @frankrobinson2072 Před rokem +15

    To whoever reading this , never stop chasing your dreams you can do it . Keep pressing and thriving you will make it ! Consistency is the key to achieve your goals

    • @christinamaria4196
      @christinamaria4196 Před rokem

      The mind replays what the heart can't delete . So be careful what you keep in your heart . Purify it often .

    • @jeffersonthomas1343
      @jeffersonthomas1343 Před rokem

      Bitcoin trading is just like any other business but in this case more sophisticated and advanced .

    • @stellaparker2372
      @stellaparker2372 Před rokem

      Investment put you ahead in life , is like buying a day off you don't have to work again , invest now and secure your future .

    • @thomasdeclan5077
      @thomasdeclan5077 Před rokem

      Starting early is the best way getting ahead to build wealth, investing remains a priority. The stock market has plenty of opportunities to a decent payouts, with the right skills and proper understanding of how the market works

    • @elSMOG57
      @elSMOG57 Před rokem

      This comment is gold

  • @mustangdru
    @mustangdru Před 2 lety +26

    One small correction. @9:08
    Gold was indeed considered the flesh of the Gods by the Ancient Egyptians. However, not the bones of the Gods. They considered Silver the bones of the Gods.

    • @cubefard264
      @cubefard264 Před rokem

      A portion of silver is made out of gold so it is a by-product of it but still interesting documentary

    • @dpkthk
      @dpkthk Před měsícem

      Gold match with the colour of flesh and silver match with the colour of bones, that may be common reason.

  • @technomike3464
    @technomike3464 Před 2 lety +33

    I like how the narrator says gold.
    "GEOOOULD"

  • @Victoron475
    @Victoron475 Před 2 lety +55

    Gold - A mineral that has stood the test of time.

    • @gentelmenschannel5028
      @gentelmenschannel5028 Před 2 lety +3

      Silver too

    • @trueelectsupremea.m.mosttr4786
      @trueelectsupremea.m.mosttr4786 Před rokem +7

      Gold isn't a mineral, it's both and element and metal.

    • @karansoam
      @karansoam Před rokem +1

      True

    • @frankwillow-rogersjr.3253
      @frankwillow-rogersjr.3253 Před 3 měsíci +1

      " "To explain what a mineral is properly, we have to introduce you to a bit of chemistry. Minerals are made up of chemical elements. A chemical element is a substance that is made up of only one kind of atom." "
      'Atoms, molecules and the rest | The Learning Zone' --GOOGLE

    • @EMlNENCJA
      @EMlNENCJA Před 21 dnem

      @@frankwillow-rogersjr.3253Yes, but when someone buys gold they are not likely to get a pure mineral like if they were buying a diamond.
      What people most commonly mean when discussing gold is actually a mixture of many different minerals, an alloy that is thus held stronger together 🖇️

  • @mattcaps
    @mattcaps Před 3 lety +36

    The way this guy says GEWLD is freaking me out

  • @Suite_annamite
    @Suite_annamite Před 5 lety +79

    I speak Vietnamese, where there is a separate word for "gold", while all other metals can generically be labelled "gold kind".
    *This originally stemmed from ancient Chinese notions of metallurgy where the alchemy of trying to achieve gold was the ultimate goal. So the very belief that gold was its own thing - and other elements secondary to it - ended up spreading around the region as a whole.*

    • @AlejandroGonzalez-wo5fk
      @AlejandroGonzalez-wo5fk Před 2 lety +5

      Really cool

    • @avgastas1515
      @avgastas1515 Před 2 lety +5

      Very interesting my guy

    • @omarlives
      @omarlives Před 2 lety +1

      R u sure it came from china? We have that same idea of the philsopher's stone where we try to turn coal in gold or any base metal into gold. I doubt this was a china invention. Everyone throughout time said, hey i wonder if i can mix somethings together to make gold n get rich quick. Bye bye birdboy.

    • @antarcticmoongiant2691
      @antarcticmoongiant2691 Před rokem

      @@omarlives lead into gold. At one point China outlawed alceomy due to they had figured out how to exchange one Into the other

    • @omarlives
      @omarlives Před rokem

      @@antarcticmoongiant2691 no they didnt

  • @gilbertomarion5217
    @gilbertomarion5217 Před 2 lety +43

    This documentary deserves an award ,watched it from Ghana (Gold coast)🇬🇭 and am very happy to learn from this channel for free ,Thank you @timeline

    • @annetteveronica7293
      @annetteveronica7293 Před 2 lety

      Sorry for writing you, just out of curiosity your page come up on my suggested friend lists so I was just wondering if I knew you from somewhere??

    • @phr3ui559
      @phr3ui559 Před rokem

      @@annetteveronica7293 lol

  • @jerolvilladolid
    @jerolvilladolid Před 2 lety +15

    Gold is not just valuable because of human culture. It is unique in chemistry in that its probably one of the few substances that are indestructible. If not the only one. Gold cannot be made to react by acid, and does not corrode. It does not age and can only be melted, but never destroyed or altered.

    • @JvariW
      @JvariW Před 2 lety +1

      IS THIS TRUE!?!?!

    • @JvariW
      @JvariW Před 2 lety

      Can’t hold he tarnished??

  • @zapbranigan5099
    @zapbranigan5099 Před 5 lety +24

    Gold is *MY PRECIOUS*

  • @ryansutter4291
    @ryansutter4291 Před 3 lety +53

    I've never had anything more than a gold earring or ring in my hand. And I've never actually owned anything made of gold myself. One day, I hope to own something that is gold, or have my own small piece of gold nugget...

    • @princeo15
      @princeo15 Před 2 lety +8

      in short Be indian

    • @whoarewe7515
      @whoarewe7515 Před 2 lety +9

      Please read your statement again. You say "I've never actually owned anything made from gold" yet the sentence before you said you owned a gold earing and a gold ring.

    • @brendab.5111
      @brendab.5111 Před 2 lety +6

      @@whoarewe7515 He didn’t say he owned it. He said that he never had anything more than a gold earring or ring in his hand.

    • @whoarewe7515
      @whoarewe7515 Před 2 lety +1

      He has owned gold then?

    • @ancientseamonster9499
      @ancientseamonster9499 Před 2 lety +2

      I bought 1 gram of gold and a 10k gold chain that i never take off.
      There will be much more to come though.

  • @cosmosaic8117
    @cosmosaic8117 Před 4 lety +8

    The first minute of Music is Gold. And that narration. The intro is epic.

  • @evnstvn58
    @evnstvn58 Před 2 lety +10

    What about the ancient Sumerian and Nubian civilizations, that actuality were before Egypt and "their" discovery of gold?

  • @mysterybuyer3738
    @mysterybuyer3738 Před 4 lety +122

    I been buying lots of gold lately after stacking lots of silver. It's an obsession for sure.

    • @ef7480
      @ef7480 Před 4 lety +5

      Yep. Good plan👍

    • @69demille
      @69demille Před 3 lety +6

      A positive obsession.

    • @HenryOkoAbuja
      @HenryOkoAbuja Před 3 lety +1

      Where do u buy gold ?

    • @mysterybuyer3738
      @mysterybuyer3738 Před 3 lety +2

      @@HenryOkoAbuja I only buy from trusted sites like jmbullion.com apmex.com sdbullion.com provident metals.com or if you have a local trusted jewler or marketplace. They might have some but there is lots of fake gold out there so beware.

    • @mysterybuyer3738
      @mysterybuyer3738 Před 3 lety

      @Donnie-B Oh this doc is one of the best. I want to watch it again when I get a chance.

  • @robertbonenfantjr1208
    @robertbonenfantjr1208 Před rokem +5

    Egypt might have had it right - Gold is now believed to have came from Supernova stars and neutron Star collisions. Pretty cool to think of golds crazy journey through space.

  • @ryanrodrigues1166
    @ryanrodrigues1166 Před rokem +3

    Gold has always been the most precious across human societies and it will continue be so.

  • @ronniesmelange1440
    @ronniesmelange1440 Před rokem +3

    Africa has everything! It truly is a magical place naturally. From its human population to its resources and its animals. So rich in beauty.

  • @wisdomleader85
    @wisdomleader85 Před 5 lety +179

    This is a golden documentary.

  • @dboi4952
    @dboi4952 Před 2 lety +27

    Im surprised they didn't mention Mansa Musa, from West Africa. He was the richest man in human history and his wealth came mainly from gold.

    • @orbelgalvarado
      @orbelgalvarado Před 2 lety +3

      I thought his wealth came from salt in which he only took gold as payment.

    • @dboi4952
      @dboi4952 Před 2 lety +1

      @@orbelgalvarado yeah, mainly gold

    • @madamfree8801
      @madamfree8801 Před rokem

      This is geek history. Not African history. This is gold relating to the geek and European world. I was thinking the same but when they mentioned 6500bc was the oldest gold coin found. I said 'yeah over there. Africa its much older'

    • @1x0x
      @1x0x Před rokem +2

      sshhhh we dont talk about africa... they have always been poor, right? at least thats what the british museum wants us to think lol

  • @bukukertasatauemas522
    @bukukertasatauemas522 Před 2 lety +38

    Just a little information, The Savuka Gold Mine (min. 1:49 in the video) is not the world’s deepest mine. It is the third (only 3.7 km), after Mponeng (4+ km) and Tautona Gold Mine (3.9 km below the surface).

  • @kimberlyyymelendezzz3907
    @kimberlyyymelendezzz3907 Před 3 lety +29

    Gold never goes out of style..!!

    • @jessicawiley5797
      @jessicawiley5797 Před 2 lety

      Sorry for writing you, just out of curiosity your page come up on my suggested friend lists so I was just wondering if I knew you from somewhere?

    • @williamlaws9338
      @williamlaws9338 Před rokem

      When there's no food , your gold is useless?

    • @karansoam
      @karansoam Před rokem

      Has never gone out of style!

  • @Shredder2713
    @Shredder2713 Před 2 lety +10

    Gold is form in the destructive deathv of MASSIVE stars known as " SuperNovaes" or the collision of Neutron stars and/or black holes.So any body who has gold is holding either an old extinct exploded star or neutron star!!How cool is that man!!!

  • @adamlangdon2245
    @adamlangdon2245 Před 2 lety +21

    I think the story of the Anunaki programming the human species to love gold is very interesting. True or not. But man...it explains a whole lot.

  • @starsnstrife
    @starsnstrife Před 2 lety +11

    that old man in this documentary that said that gold is useless beyond the vallue we give it, he doesnt know that it is widely used in electronics for his whole life. thats right, not just my life but his life too

    • @annetteveronica7293
      @annetteveronica7293 Před 2 lety

      Sorry for writing you, just out of curiosity your page come up on my suggested friend lists so I was just wondering if I knew you from somewhere?!!!...

  • @jay0726
    @jay0726 Před 2 lety +11

    I love How Gold looks everything about it makes me so happy..In the old day's Gold wad use like medicine..

    • @annetteveronica7293
      @annetteveronica7293 Před 2 lety

      Sorry for writing you, just out of curiosity your page come up on my suggested friend lists so I was just wondering if I knew you from somewhere???

  • @michaelrollins2042
    @michaelrollins2042 Před rokem +12

    the first time I smelted some pure gold seeing it in its liquid form I must say its even more visually stunning than nuggets or bullion. I was hooked on smelting and casting the stuff even though I haven't done more than a couple grams at a time.

  • @deoreokamble8458
    @deoreokamble8458 Před 2 lety +8

    And it will be valuable for many more coming centuries.

  • @josephel4292
    @josephel4292 Před 4 lety +7

    Fascinating documentary

  • @heavenbound9144
    @heavenbound9144 Před rokem +5

    Oh How I've owned pounds of Gold and Silver..It started when I was around 8 years old my father and I would hit yard sales And flea markets after going through some costume jewelry I happen to see value in a single gold mens ring with Precious stones and paid 5 cents for it. after leaving I asked my father to stop at a shop with a sign that said We Buy Gold I went in and came out with 70$ my dad says my son had more money than me that day haha he was proud of me for that and so I've never stopped but only learned more and more about Gold and silver and how to ID it on the Spot by Taste touch and Feel because gold isn't always what it seems but it is where you find it*

  • @MisteriosGloriosos922
    @MisteriosGloriosos922 Před 2 lety +3

    *Awesome. Thanks for sharing!*

  • @andrewlambert7246
    @andrewlambert7246 Před 2 lety +14

    Gold! Gold! Gold! We should never left the gold standard. Those men working there are real heros.period. The only currency that can be used in war time.

    • @annetteveronica7293
      @annetteveronica7293 Před 2 lety

      Sorry for writing you, just out of curiosity your page come up on my suggested friend lists so I was just wondering if I knew you from somewhere???

  • @Flvice1
    @Flvice1 Před 3 lety +72

    I like this quote.....
    Gold is the money of kings, silver is the money of gentlemen, barter is the money of peasants - but debt is the money of slaves.
    Norm Franz

    • @dimalixcsohn960
      @dimalixcsohn960 Před 2 lety +5

      i like it too. And Bitcoin is money for everybody!

    • @daddylandlord5575
      @daddylandlord5575 Před 2 lety

      Flvice1 buy gold with debt?

    • @bskulina55
      @bskulina55 Před 2 lety +2

      Ironically just bought a gold chain with a credit card... lol

    • @yowyow3355
      @yowyow3355 Před 2 lety +4

      Debt is how rich people get richer!!!! This is old mentality that does not fit in a capitalist world

    • @dagothur6238
      @dagothur6238 Před 2 lety

      @@yowyow3355 can you explain?

  • @dieexplorer9230
    @dieexplorer9230 Před 5 lety +4

    Looking forward for part 2

  • @olegpetelevitch4443
    @olegpetelevitch4443 Před 4 měsíci

    3rd generation jeweler 35yrs ! Loving this ! Thank you !

  • @garyjohnson9037
    @garyjohnson9037 Před 5 lety +16

    The gods must be crazy, I liked the story of the guy who jumped overboard with his bag of gold..never to be found, a gift to Davy Jones locker!

    • @51WCDodge
      @51WCDodge Před 5 lety +1

      I'd suggest you watch the film The God's Must be Crazy- Shows what happens when a disruptive influence, however benine we concive it enters a socoiety, bloody funny film as well.

    • @garyjohnson9037
      @garyjohnson9037 Před 5 lety +3

      @@51WCDodge I've seen it, that's why I used it, thank you for understanding my intent, the Gods of today are crazy in their desire for wealth and power...gold is a status symbol..

    • @51WCDodge
      @51WCDodge Před 5 lety

      Gary Johnson Hopefully others will now see it, enjoy and think about it.

    • @garyjohnson9037
      @garyjohnson9037 Před 5 lety

      @@51WCDodge there are many disruptive influences, I can't think of anything more disruptive than "climate change"....think about It!!

    • @shemirama1408
      @shemirama1408 Před 4 lety

      I love that movie! Saw it in high school - our teacher said the school had to pay over $1200 for a copy n this was over 20yrs Argo

  • @chris.asi_romeo
    @chris.asi_romeo Před rokem +4

    Excellent documentary 👏👏👏👏

  • @ty9988do
    @ty9988do Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you so much I love this video!

  • @Fredrikwatchesandartwork
    @Fredrikwatchesandartwork Před 2 lety +5

    A very interesting documentary. And gold 🏅=💰👑👍

  • @DS-zg6ym
    @DS-zg6ym Před 2 lety +4

    Gold is never useless ✨ 💛 but internal that flies with the imagination of it's people

  • @BanksterSlayer
    @BanksterSlayer Před 2 lety +62

    Fabulous documentary. Loved the parts about how gold leaf was developed and the Solidus coinage of Constantinople (and how Constantine recognized that he needed to restore confidence in the Roman monetary system after the disastrous period of cheating and inflation perpetrated in Rome.) Today's over-printed American Dollar system is doomed to the same fate. Why won't people learn from their own history?

    • @keithmcmullen9737
      @keithmcmullen9737 Před 2 lety

      Really, l thought that part was drab.

    • @atibakojo3478
      @atibakojo3478 Před 2 lety +3

      Umm ok totally about European gold. KMT had more gold than this, West Africa to. Had so much gold, didn't think of it as money. But as jewelry.Art pieces, gold leaf. Covered building with it. Africa is the only place in the world that could run on the gold standard.

    • @abdillahijalalkhan2128
      @abdillahijalalkhan2128 Před 2 lety

      What own history?
      The wild West ,cowboys and Indians ?

    • @atibakojo3478
      @atibakojo3478 Před 2 lety +1

      @@abdillahijalalkhan2128 lol good point, America has always Fancied itself as the second coming of Greece and Rome. Although it has no connection to those societies at all. But they dream of Empires. Lol

    • @andreschavez9671
      @andreschavez9671 Před 2 lety +3

      "If there's one thing we've learned from history, it's that we dont"

  • @CarlosSilva-td3nn
    @CarlosSilva-td3nn Před rokem +1

    Excellent! Many thanks

  • @bethbartlett5692
    @bethbartlett5692 Před 4 lety +6

    *The Gold within is Wisdom*
    Balance is key, Harmony is Balance in motion.
    Moderation is the goal and Conscious Application of Thoughts to manage the Ego Mind. The Ego Mind is an Adolescent Emotional Development - reach higher -

  • @TypeSly
    @TypeSly Před 3 lety +35

    Watching shows like this, makes me feel so fortunate to have as many ounces as l do. lol

    • @auricgoldfinger8249
      @auricgoldfinger8249 Před 2 lety +3

      How many lol

    • @natashabegley1346
      @natashabegley1346 Před 2 lety +2

      Eh only ounces? 😆 I have kilos

    • @keithmcmullen9737
      @keithmcmullen9737 Před 2 lety +2

      I have mega tera Omega ounces.
      Like so SO many.
      Yep, I'm in the club .
      That's fer sure.
      👀

    • @isaaccutlip5815
      @isaaccutlip5815 Před 2 lety +5

      I have an ounce of marijuana but no gold because I smoke it all and them buy more

    • @raybaca4210
      @raybaca4210 Před 2 lety +1

      I got 210 grams of ten k and some 14k chains.. only took me one year to but all this and I work at McDonald's. And I givey.mom 2 grand a month.. 2 grand for her and one grand for my gold

  • @TheFinnmacool
    @TheFinnmacool Před 4 lety +5

    They even created futures markets for gold and silver so they can control the prices.

  • @43shrestha
    @43shrestha Před rokem +1

    The background sound,music makes the video much more interesting.

  • @originalgoldengoddess
    @originalgoldengoddess Před rokem +3

    I love the colour of gold because it reminds me of the sun ☀️

  • @MrRasZee
    @MrRasZee Před 5 lety +66

    why are they calling gold useless? its used in all computers, its value has gone up

    • @bethbartlett5692
      @bethbartlett5692 Před 5 lety +9

      I didn't gather useless from the video - it is highly valuable in computers and Space Crafts - it has many healing potentials in various forms taken orally, not to mention on Chocolate Truffles!!!
      ... and it is absolutely gorgeous

    • @avariceseven9443
      @avariceseven9443 Před 5 lety +8

      Maybe they were talking about its value in those times. They don't know anything about computers and technology or anything complicated. Gold, in those days, are just that, useless but pretty.

    • @mixwavez8037
      @mixwavez8037 Před 5 lety +4

      Becuse it is useless, silver and copper are better for electronic use then gold could ever be, and there is penalty of them both. Half of All gold mined is gos to jewelry and artistic uses, and monetary value, even those silver is better as a store of wealth. While half of all silver goes to industrial use.

    • @shemirama1408
      @shemirama1408 Před 4 lety +5

      Astronaut helmet visor shields r made of gold to protect against radiation.

    • @steveskouson9620
      @steveskouson9620 Před 4 lety +9

      @@mixwavez8037, silver and copper, may be better
      conductors, but they tarnish. Gold doesn't.
      steve

  • @dahliathereader2872
    @dahliathereader2872 Před 3 lety +5

    I enjoyed this documentary

  • @ef7480
    @ef7480 Před 3 lety +342

    Gold does not make you rich. It preserves your purchasing power that's all. Place £1K of cash in a draw for 5-10 years and see if you can 'buy' the same stuff with toilet paper currency. 1 ounce of gold will still buy the same amount of stuff in a decade. It accounts for the inflation of the toilet paper currency supply that is backed by zero. Simple really...

    • @TXLionHeart
      @TXLionHeart Před rokem +18

      Just as real money should.

    • @sigma7773
      @sigma7773 Před rokem +5

      OH, YEHH. DON'T SAY THAT IN FRONT OF HISTORIAN, AND economists not communists that we have today I'm talking about the real capitalist sound money the only way to go not toilet paper

    • @Satoshinakamoto2009
      @Satoshinakamoto2009 Před rokem +10

      I love my gold and will never sell it its my insurance for life

    • @bbkingtvcomical9208
      @bbkingtvcomical9208 Před rokem +11

      Nah dude. My uncle bought gold coin for 800 a piece. 2 years later they were worth 1600. Duhhh. That's money dude.

    • @user-cs8wp6rs3u
      @user-cs8wp6rs3u Před rokem +2

      It can make you now

  • @practicalgrowthacademy3189

    I live in south Africa, Johannesburg to be precise. The earth underneath me is rich and yet I am poor.
    A ton of gold is mined every single day?

    • @practicalgrowthacademy3189
      @practicalgrowthacademy3189 Před 4 lety +1

      @Pendulous Testicularis let's tally up my hun.. If it's a ton a day in a single mine in Johannesburg, South Africa as whole has 89 gold producing mines. And mind you, gold is not the only precious metal mined here

  • @waynemarcotte1654
    @waynemarcotte1654 Před rokem +5

    The reason gold originally became so important was because it was meant for the gods. And because so many chiefs...pharoahs...kings...emperors etc thought themselves to be decended from the gods it became important to men. All the way back to the earliest civilization we currently know of. The Sumerians.

    • @Smellslikenarcspirit
      @Smellslikenarcspirit Před rokem +1

      Gold became a thing because it has the characteristics of money . Before gold we had barter , and barter has the problem of the coincedence of wants . Wich means when i want to trade a closet ( problem whit the closet is : its not portable . Not divisible , i cannot make change whit it ) for food . Then i have the problem or this guy wants to have this closet or not . If he want to have it , then you get the food . Then when you have the food and you want to trade what you have to much ( the next problem , food is not durable . So you need to eat all of it whitin a certain date or trade it before it rots ) . So , we have now learned that money need to have certain characteristics to be money.
      1: money must be a medium of exchange
      2: a unit of account ( in weight or numbers ) .
      3: it must be durable ( it May not rot or decay )
      4: it must be portable ( easy for transport and hold it into your pocket )
      5: it must be divisible ( if my coin has more value then the product , then i need change in return )
      6: it must be fungible ( interchangeable, it means that each coin is the same in valeu so that my 1 ounce gold coin buys the same as the next 1 ounce gold coin )
      7: it must be a store of value ( money must be a store of value over long periods of time , not changing in purchasing power ) . And this is the problem we have today , we dont use money. We use currency , and fiatcurrency only have 6 of the 7 traits . Fiatcurrency,s are prone to inflation because you can print it infinitly , to much currency in circulation creates inflation and loss of purchasing power. Thats why gold remains the ultimate money , it cant be printed and therefore no inflation and loss of purchasing power.

    • @Chen-gl9hm
      @Chen-gl9hm Před 11 měsíci

      No body use gold Luke India did .Temples were filled with gold . Indians used gold for every thing worshipping to Jewellery to trading.
      That is way invaders came to loot India.
      So sorry to see you did not even mention India .
      It is still one of highest buyer of gold.
      No Surprise your white and Abrahmic bias can't see beyond this

  • @socrates_the_great6209
    @socrates_the_great6209 Před 5 lety +7

    Fiat "up to standard" "Listen everybody! Your coin is 0% gold and silver! Valueless!" "We can print them limitless!"

    • @ef7480
      @ef7480 Před 4 lety

      dubstep1994 - print coins? That's a new one on me...

    • @gabeyo5071
      @gabeyo5071 Před 2 lety

      It the guns and power behind that matter. .

  • @ianking664
    @ianking664 Před 5 lety +4

    Looking forward to seeing part 2'

    • @jessicawiley5797
      @jessicawiley5797 Před 2 lety

      Sorry for writing you, just out of curiosity your page come up on my suggested friend lists so I was just wondering if I knew you from somewhere??

  • @veritas5287
    @veritas5287 Před 2 lety +1

    24:52 Oracle of Delphi is a savage lol

  • @nichhodge8503
    @nichhodge8503 Před 2 lety +6

    I personally prefer platinum to gold. Not just because it’s 30 times rarer than gold and more expensive than gold, I prefer the colour of platinum than that of gold (plus it looks better with diamonds in jewellery 💍 )

    • @avgastas1515
      @avgastas1515 Před 2 lety +1

      Love plat check out paladium, also platnium is down and is much less then gold for now. Great time to grab smthn

    • @ryansimpson3074
      @ryansimpson3074 Před 2 lety +2

      Platinum, at the time of my post here, is worth less than gold.

  • @SnoopyDoofie
    @SnoopyDoofie Před 5 lety +43

    Picking my nose while watching this video. Just digging for gold like everyone.

  • @durwinpocha2488
    @durwinpocha2488 Před 2 lety +9

    What is incredible, using todays technology makes 5.5 tons of gold per year from one mine. Compared to the Romans mine 5 tons per 200 years of mining from one mine. He says, "in those days the gold was scarce and the gold barons owned everything." Perhaps they still do, as nothing has changed except gold's production levels. After all there's nothing new under the sun until the age old problems are won and done.

    • @lamarravery4094
      @lamarravery4094 Před rokem +1

      And back then the human population was in the millions, now it's in the billions. More people now in the world to spread the gold around.

  • @linda10989
    @linda10989 Před 5 lety +12

    Anyone else surprised when the curator was handling those priceless coins with his bare hands?

    • @ojile13
      @ojile13 Před 4 lety +1

      @Billy Ray Valentine yes, but you can very much damage the finish on a gold coin from handling it with bare hands. Especially .999 or higher gold, and especially proof coins.
      Which is why people use white gloves when handling them.

    • @geetee2694
      @geetee2694 Před 2 lety +2

      I'm more surprised he didn't get his nails done.

    • @willbe5994
      @willbe5994 Před 2 lety +1

      No

    • @ryansimpson3074
      @ryansimpson3074 Před 2 lety +2

      Yeah I was thinking the same...

    • @terrancenorris9992
      @terrancenorris9992 Před 2 lety +2

      Doesn't have any impact on gold. Just wipe with a clean cloth before storage...

  • @ravigujju1780
    @ravigujju1780 Před rokem +3

    Not only for wealth but also gold source use for matter transformation to every spec of grain on this planet, gold stable the quality of soil to regenerating

    • @ravigujju1780
      @ravigujju1780 Před rokem

      Earth wealth,wealth means perfect human body condition

  • @williameaton9058
    @williameaton9058 Před 5 lety +3

    5:00 Gold colored spray paint gives off the same impression lol

  • @sproutsrevil6508
    @sproutsrevil6508 Před 2 lety +4

    Very interesting documentary. I’m not a gold person. Always found it a bit too showy. Give me the under stated class of silver any day.

  • @ilovemusic1836
    @ilovemusic1836 Před 4 lety +15

    Gold is immortal!

  • @ryanb8466
    @ryanb8466 Před 5 lety +14

    You put way to commercials in this Video.

  • @jamesstanway5904
    @jamesstanway5904 Před rokem +9

    no way this man called gold useless....

  • @betod3113
    @betod3113 Před 3 lety +12

    Am buying gold this week and buy more after that I love gold and silver...🥇🥈

    • @jamesolivier413
      @jamesolivier413 Před 2 lety +1

      Attention‼️
      DO YOU WANT TO SELL GOLD,BUY GOLD, BE A GOLD MINER WHY NOT WORK WITH"BARRICK GOLD CORPORATIONS" SEND AN EMAIL TO barrickgoldcorporations@gmail.com FOR MORE INFORMATION.

    • @obabytutu6008
      @obabytutu6008 Před 2 lety

      Sound like king midus😬

    • @daleval2182
      @daleval2182 Před rokem

      Silver premiums are high but well worth it , just get best price and hold, it's become the new rare metal ,due to the greed of exchanges and brokers. Stacking is smart

  • @robertdiehl1281
    @robertdiehl1281 Před 2 lety +11

    There are stories of ancient interstellar travelers coming here to earth, and enslaving hominid creatures to mine gold for them. Hundreds of thousands of years ago. Makes one wonder where we got our lust for gold….

    • @HCqvintus
      @HCqvintus Před 2 lety +2

      right, imagine you have the level of technology to cross between stars, why would you take gold from some monkeys? gold is not that rare ouside of earth, and you probably have far better things to do than playing with monkeys, this just shows how self centered and primitive human thinking is...

    • @vihnu
      @vihnu Před 2 lety +1

      @@HCqvintus
      This has yet to be proven.
      Gold yes may be more plenty in planetoids or failed protoplanets, but is it accessible with ease. No no its not.
      Our sphere of life has few fundamental difrences. We have atmosphere, tolerable temperature, and liquid water.
      Liquid water is a requirement in every industrial metal mining process known to man. Without it we would not have industrial access that we do now.

    • @donnetta117
      @donnetta117 Před 2 lety +2

      Anunnaki?

    • @SplendidNinja
      @SplendidNinja Před 2 lety

      One person found it, another person liked it and wanted it.. boom
      Later on we found out it was rare, and that made the monetary value for it increase.

    • @DajuOnYoutube
      @DajuOnYoutube Před 2 lety

      Sounds very likely, except that Earth would be one of the worst places to go if you wanted gold and have the option of mining it elsewhere in space.
      It's scarcity on Earth doesn't hold true across the universe, there's known asteroids with more gold and other precious metals than the entire planet but yeah we're currently limited to what's available here.
      The day someone manages to successfully get at it they will be the richest person ever so people are obviously looking at it with dollar signs in their eyes but yeah it's not possible, yet.
      Or if it ever will be because i don't really remember how far away those floating moneymakers are, just that we've seen them, so it's potentially impossible to actually get there depending on the maximum limit of physics regardless of how much we try.

  • @sylvia7000
    @sylvia7000 Před 3 lety +4

    that church of saint sophia is stunning I dream to see it one day

    • @terrancenorris9992
      @terrancenorris9992 Před 2 lety +1

      I was in Istanbul in 2012, you won't be disappointed. I suggest that you gather all the information from various sources before you go so that you'll know all the sites to visit. St Sophia Church is magnificent to behold. Also, you may want to visit the underground cistern. It was used in a James Bond film. (And, be sure to sample the cuisine, fresh and delicious and shop at the huge bazaar... :)

  • @kennethajackson411
    @kennethajackson411 Před 4 lety +5

    Great & informative video, too many adds!!

  • @juanolague4265
    @juanolague4265 Před 5 měsíci

    THANKS !❤

  • @ColdasIcePrincezz
    @ColdasIcePrincezz Před 5 lety +11

    that background music really helps with the effect.

    • @jessicawiley5797
      @jessicawiley5797 Před 2 lety

      Sorry for writing you, just out of curiosity your page come up on my suggested friend lists so I was just wondering if I knew you from somewhere?

  • @LexicroftAlpha
    @LexicroftAlpha Před 4 lety +18

    Gold...
    Gold never changed.

    • @jessicawiley5797
      @jessicawiley5797 Před 2 lety

      Sorry for writing you, just out of curiosity your page come up on my suggested friend lists so I was just wondering if I knew you from somewhere?

  • @geraldgrenier8132
    @geraldgrenier8132 Před 5 lety +15

    "Gold is useless except for adornment" - someone who doesn't know much about electronics then.

    • @geraldgrenier8132
      @geraldgrenier8132 Před 3 lety

      @Michael Armstrong Recent isn't an issue, the Apollo Program rather famously used it

    • @TauroChuck
      @TauroChuck Před 3 lety

      Gold was money till 1971. Not too long ago

    • @MargaritaMagdalena
      @MargaritaMagdalena Před 2 lety

      I love gold because it's rare and beautiful ❤️

  • @peterbradshaw8018
    @peterbradshaw8018 Před 5 lety +1

    I read the book . Will read again.

  • @novastones8914
    @novastones8914 Před 4 lety +2

    Gold memory.thank you and god bless.

    • @jessicawiley5797
      @jessicawiley5797 Před 2 lety

      Sorry for writing you, just out of curiosity your page come up on my suggested friend lists so I was just wondering if I knew you from somewhere?

  • @EmvlogCruz
    @EmvlogCruz Před 4 lety +3

    amazing story

    • @jessicawiley5797
      @jessicawiley5797 Před 2 lety

      Sorry for writing you, just out of curiosity your page come up on my suggested friend lists so I was just wondering if I knew you from somewhere?

  • @niteynite
    @niteynite Před 3 lety +5

    I like the way the narrator says "gold"

    • @annetteveronica7293
      @annetteveronica7293 Před 2 lety

      Sorry for writing you, just out of curiosity your page come up on my suggested friend lists so I was just wondering if I knew you from somewhere?!!!...

  • @Iron-Bridge
    @Iron-Bridge Před 4 lety +2

    I like the Lut Gholein music from Diablo 2 from 38:00. Reminds me of that ill fated shining jewel city of the East.

  • @choosiewhoo1700
    @choosiewhoo1700 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Humans will do anything for GOLD !

  • @danielcraft3727
    @danielcraft3727 Před rokem +3

    The love of money power and authority destroys all empires

  • @progresskid8161
    @progresskid8161 Před 5 lety +20

    THERE THEY GO WITH THEIR AGENDA AGAINST GOLD SAYING ITS USELESS SMH

    • @shemirama1408
      @shemirama1408 Před 4 lety +1

      Yet I remember from the late 90s all these 'cash for gold' places started popping up n on the internet. Funny I visited two of these store fronts in two diff states, but they were never open - when I called they said by appointment only

    • @lamarravery4094
      @lamarravery4094 Před rokem

      There's an old movie from the 1940s called Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and in the film a character explains why gold is valuable. He says basically that it's rare and the labor required to find and extract it make it valuable. Nowadays it's still rare, but it takes lots of energy to find it, extract it and to refine it. And energy prices are going up.

  • @edivinity5791
    @edivinity5791 Před 4 lety +1

    Whats the name of the song thats played in the beginning?

  • @ladyofthewoods2448
    @ladyofthewoods2448 Před 4 lety +2

    I pay for no ads it’s worth it Good video.
    I don’t have cable which is way to expensive

    • @jessicawiley5797
      @jessicawiley5797 Před 2 lety

      Sorry for writing you, just out of curiosity your page come up on my suggested friend lists so I was just wondering if I knew you from somewhere?

    • @scottanthony8240
      @scottanthony8240 Před rokem

      Hello! How’re you doing?

  • @tylerdurden4618
    @tylerdurden4618 Před 5 lety +6

    I really need to buy me some more jewelry at the pawn shop. I used to have a lot of rings,bracelets, and necklaces.. I'll get it back to where I had it.. One day 😁

    • @jessicawiley5797
      @jessicawiley5797 Před 2 lety

      Sorry for writing you, just out of curiosity your page come up on my suggested friend lists so I was just wondering if I knew you from somewhere??

    • @tylerdurden4618
      @tylerdurden4618 Před 2 lety

      @@jessicawiley5797 I don't think so. 😊

    • @jessicawiley5797
      @jessicawiley5797 Před 2 lety

      Oh... I'm Jessica Wiley from Palm 🌴🥥 Beach 🏖️⛱️ Gardens 🇺🇲 Florida, I am a professional market analysis and expert binary trader 📈

    • @jessicawiley5797
      @jessicawiley5797 Před 2 lety

      How about you and where are you from?

  • @dillybean9959
    @dillybean9959 Před 4 lety +3

    So, at 0:10, Timeline tells of the obsession by humans over gold, and Timelines obsession of making up and pulling out of thin air.... Docufibbs 15:53! EXACTLY!!!

  • @Olivier_Morin-Gilbert
    @Olivier_Morin-Gilbert Před 2 lety +2

    Good documentary

    • @annetteveronica7293
      @annetteveronica7293 Před 2 lety

      Sorry for writing you, just out of curiosity your page come up on my suggested friend lists so I was just wondering if I knew you from somewhere?

  • @Michael_19056
    @Michael_19056 Před rokem

    Is the narrator Paul Darrow? Suddenly I feel the need to rewatch the first few episodes of Blake's Seven. 😂

  • @danielkarlsson156
    @danielkarlsson156 Před 5 lety +7

    You have to be kidding: a jew named Bernstein in a documentary on gold saying it is useless? 😂

    • @shemirama1408
      @shemirama1408 Před 4 lety +1

      Hhhaaaa thank u for making me laff, 2day!
      😂😁😂

  • @allanashby8089
    @allanashby8089 Před 5 lety +4

    9:09 ...GIn ancient Egypt, gold was called the "flesh of the gods," but iron was known as "the bones of the gods."

    • @NOTTHASAME
      @NOTTHASAME Před 4 lety +1

      First of all , there's no such place as "ancient Egypt" .
      The entire middle East was kmown as Alkebulan , it includes Egypt , Iran , Iraq , Syria , India , Israel and more , this was your ancient Egypt before the lines were drawn in the sand.
      Alkebulan was ruled by 18 dynastic kings and queens but historians don't want this to be known because it would give credit to blacks and history would have to be rewritten.
      They told about one king of the time , king Tut but there were many more.
      The evilness arrived and killed over 50 million black Jews and this led to a mass exodus of people to escape the slaughter , this was written about in the book of Exodus in the bible.
      This world has hated the black people throughout history because evil hated anything of God and God called these people his people.
      As God told Moses to tell the person that had them in captivity to LET HIS PEOPLE GO , Pharaoh was not willing to do so and God chastised him.
      Satan hated anything of God because God sent the angels to destroy him and locked him out of heaven.

    • @MyLawrence04
      @MyLawrence04 Před 10 měsíci

      @@NOTTHASAMEyup what the called is in short pegans ..

  • @BenjiClips614
    @BenjiClips614 Před 2 lety +2

    Gold is being sold to aliens.. but they will never admit it lol

  • @lacyhart2043
    @lacyhart2043 Před 2 lety

    This was actually good

    • @annetteveronica7293
      @annetteveronica7293 Před 2 lety

      Sorry for writing you, just out of curiosity your page come up on my suggested friend lists so I was just wondering if I knew you from somewhere???

  • @BuildVisions4Africa1
    @BuildVisions4Africa1 Před 2 lety +12

    The problem with gold is power people with power uses and abuses other to extract the ore but make sure the very people who mine it always remain poor. All the mining towns I know of only have degraded environments and pollution to show for their resources. Some justice in the industry would have been a great legacy for the world.

    • @lamarravery4094
      @lamarravery4094 Před rokem

      If they were rich, they wouldn't have to work in the mines.

    • @aleenashafaat2295
      @aleenashafaat2295 Před rokem

      Well Said..
      Besides this very thought, towards what you pointed at... Is something rarely found.. Business oriented industries only bother in their own terms.

    • @davide2711
      @davide2711 Před 6 měsíci

      Boo hoo

  • @albuggy9293
    @albuggy9293 Před 3 lety +5

    I been buying bullion since 2015 one oz pure 24 k only,now I love coins as well but they are not pure at least most aren’t,,I always had this dream of owning my own crown 👑,well I am 27 oz saved and 3 more to go then I’m making my own 👑 😂 idk why I wanted this I forgot why but I’m so close now there’s no going back after I’m done getting the 30 oz I’m getting gems next 😉, what y’all think ?crazy of me or genius?

    • @jamieglover4853
      @jamieglover4853 Před 2 lety

      I love your audacity. Good luck and I would love to see a picture when your dream is complete.

  • @user-yi5vh1op1n
    @user-yi5vh1op1n Před rokem +2

    Alexander the great is from the Macedonian valley, geographical toponym, he is Bulgarian! You have missed where the oldest gold tresute in the world was found, which is again Bulgaria, and you have missed the Thracians involved in the history altogether!