2007-05-05 16:49:22 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
"Gold has been known and highly valued since prehistoric times. It may have been the first metal used by humans and was valued for ornamentation and rituals. Egyptian hieroglyphs from as early as 2600 BC describe gold, which king Tushratta of the Mitanni claimed was "more plentiful than dirt" in Egypt. Egypt and Nubia had the resources to make them major gold-producing areas for much of history. Gold is also mentioned several times in the Old Testament, and is included with the gifts of the magi in the first chapters of Matthew New Testament The south-east corner of the Black Sea was famed for its gold. Exploitation is said to date from the time of Midas, and this gold was important in the establishment of what is probably the world's earliest coinage in Lydia between 643 and 630 BC."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold#History
"Alluvial deposits of gold found in or along streams were the principal sources of the metal for ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. Other deposits were found in Lydia (now in Turkey) and the lands of the Aegean and in Persia (now Iran), India, China, and other lands."
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-225136/gold
"Gold production dates from the Etruscan, Minoan, Assyrian, and Egyptian civilizations, when placer gold was derived from alluvial sands and gravels by simple processes of washing or panning. Gold was produced in this manner at an early period in India, central Asia, the southern Ural Mountains and in the regions bordering the eastern Mediterranean."
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761570498_2/Gold.html
2007-05-05 17:08:43 · answer #1 · answered by Erik Van Thienen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gold has never truly originated from any where, that is unless it is a certain piece of gold. The closest thing to an origin that all gold in the universe shares is the extremely dense extremely minute ball of matter (probably some energy in there too) from which, apparently, this highly f!@#ed universe sprang from. Then there is all the gold on the planet earth, which of coarse has been on a tectonic rollercoaster for several million, if not billions of years. Ah and yes there are also the places at which goldsmithing techniques originated, which are places such as mideast Africa, and Latin America
2007-05-05 17:36:08 · answer #2 · answered by The Doctor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well you'd have to go back to the time when the earth's crust was cooling several billion years ago. I'd say the first civilizations to make use of gold were the Egyptians and the indigenous cultures of South and Central America. But no one can really say exactly where it orginated.
2007-05-05 16:54:36 · answer #3 · answered by a_bad_fish_2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The history of gold is so lost in the tunnel of time as to be impossible to discover. It has been around forever... as long as women want something to decorate themselves
2007-05-05 17:24:53 · answer #4 · answered by mar m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From one continent named Pangea,that's when all the continents were joined together
2007-05-05 16:58:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
... Pangea?
2007-05-05 16:57:35 · answer #6 · answered by alorah_almighty 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋