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Eygptian Gold

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  Posted by Richwhit (U2450578) on Thursday, 10th November 2005

  How much gold did the ancient Eyptians have?
  Was there enough to fill all the KIng's tombs or did they have to recycle it, if so how many full tombs were there at any one time?
  Where has it all gone?

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  Posted by Richwhit (U2450578) on Thursday, 10th November 2005

  Also where did they get all?

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  Posted by Elistan (U1872011) on Thursday, 10th November 2005

  Numibia, as to how much... how deep is a hole?
  
  

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  Posted by Sleepysharonrose (U2458501) on Friday, 11th November 2005

  clever answer

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  Posted by Wheels1969 (U2490545) on Monday, 14th November 2005

  I have also wondered about this. We have learned that Ancient Egypt was rich in gold but where did they get it? Did they find a mine, pan it out of the Nile, or ( in theory) did aliens bring it with them when they were here building the pyramids.

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  Posted by nordsider (U2153010) on Monday, 14th November 2005

  Also where did they get all?Β 
  
  According to the ~ Encyclopedia of Egypyian Civilization by Georges Posener (1959) ~; Egypt and Nubia were gold producing countries. Gold-bearing quartz was plentiful in the heart of the eastern and south-eastern mountains; in Wadi Hammamat; and Ethiopia was also rich in gold.

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  Posted by Plancenoit (U1237957) on Wednesday, 16th November 2005

  Not sure about how much, but a lot of it came from Nubia and by trading with other cultures. They would have almost certainly recycled large amounts of gold as it was a precious and rare metal, but just how much was in use at any one time is probably impossible to answer. It's believed that the top section of the Great Pyramid was originally capped with gold after its construction but this disappeared at some point, probably evidence of recycling for use in temples and tombs. As to where it all went, I read in one of those 'fascinating but useless fact' type of books that about 1/5th of the gold in circulation today originated from ancient Egypt. Exactly how anyone could prove such a "fact" is beyond me, but one of the few that stuck in my head. Incidentally, during an excavation at Stonehenge in the '80s some lapis lazuli beads were found which almost certainly originated in Egypt. It seems the ancient trade networks were substantially more far reaching than they are ever given credit. How much gold did the ancient Eyptians have?
  Was there enough to fill all the KIng's tombs or did they have to recycle it, if so how many full tombs were there at any one time?
  Where has it all gone?Β 

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  Posted by Ankhesenamun15 (U2550768) on Sunday, 20th November 2005

  Hello, Gold came from the mines of Nubia, whose name actually means gold. During Egyptian reign gold was plentiful, in fact silver was more precious to the Ancient Egyptians because it was so rare. As to how much gold there was, does anyone know how much gold there is these days??? so we cant know how much there was then!

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  Posted by rafginger (U2126175) on Sunday, 27th November 2005

  Nubia is "the land of gold". Nub is the egyptian word for gold.
  
  ATB Mike.

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  Posted by Richwhit (U2450578) on Tuesday, 6th December 2005

  I guess what I mean is were the tomb robbers semi-official to supply the goods for tomb of the king 100 years later or 300 years later or were they stealing it to sell to the general populas? Did the average tomb survive intact for 10 years, 100 years, or 300 years?

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  Posted by Ankhesenamun15 (U2550768) on Tuesday, 6th December 2005

  Yes thank you 'Mike' i knew what i meant, no need to be mean! Anyway...it is impossible to say when the tombs were robbed, it could have been within a matter of months even weeks after, this is because the robbers were usually the people who had worked on the tomb. The gold wasn't recycled as such, but it is proven that some of the objects in Tutankhamun's tomb didn't belong to him that they came from previous kings! Just tell me if this isn't what you meant!
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  Posted by Sleepytutankamun (U2685051) on Wednesday, 7th December 2005

  it probly disappeared into some rich family's house and it was never seen again

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