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Value of Gold in Ancient Egypt

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Gold and Gold Mining in Ancient Egypt and Nubia

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Since its earliest appearance, gold has fascinated virtually every culture on Earth. Its reflected light, perpetual luster, unfading and invariable distinctiveness, and its connotation linked to the sun’s eternity have until today been most likely at the quintessence of its symbolic value. “The sun itself, it is of pure gold” (Goethe, Faust II).

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  1. Institute of Egyptology Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

    Rosemarie Klemm

  2. Dept. of Earth- and Environmental Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

    Dietrich Klemm

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Klemm, R., Klemm, D. (2013). Value of Gold in Ancient Egypt. In: Gold and Gold Mining in Ancient Egypt and Nubia. Natural Science in Archaeology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22508-6_2

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