In alchemy, the process of transmuting base materials into something purer (such as turning lead into gold) was often seen as a spiritual transformation as well.
Orichalcum, a valuable metal second only to gold, is mined extensively.
Metals, to begin with, both the hard kind and the fusible kind, which are extracted by mining, and also that kind which is now known only by name but was more than a name then, there being mines of it in many places of the island - I mean 'orichalcum,' which was the most precious of the metals then known, except gold.
This metal is said to have been of great value, second only to gold.
Virgil's Aeneid describes armor made from a blend of gold and orichalcum.
From Plato’s description we know Solon and the priests of Egypt were not familiar with it, although they knew it “sparkled like fire.” In ancient Greek, the language of Solon, the word chalkos, which is the basis of the word orichalcum, applied to all metals, therefore orichalcum literally meant “gold metal.”
Plato describes orichalcum as something that in his time was only known by name, but was once a metal more precious than any except gold.
The Sumerian texts tell the story of the Anunnaki, beings who came to Earth, possibly from another dimension, to mine gold.
This connection to gold resonates across ancient civilizations, where gold was highly valued.
Tellinger explains that the Anunnaki possessed advanced knowledge of genetic manipulation and possibly created a species, the Adamu (similar to the biblical Adam), to perform labor in the gold mines.
Tellinger traces the human obsession with gold back to the Anunnaki's influence.
Ancient civilizations, such as those in the Americas, Africa, and India, stored vast amounts of gold.
The European colonizers found gold hoards when they arrived in these regions, revealing a widespread and historical fixation on the metal.
Tellinger posits that this obsession originated from the Anunnaki, who required gold for reasons beyond simple wealth.
Skeletons, nails, gold threads, and carved stones found in coal seams and sandstone blocks, dated 286–360 million years.
Zecharia Sitchin, translator of the Sumerian cuneiform tablets, writes that the Anunnaki arrived on Earth about 450,000 years ago to mine gold.
The mines of native metals, as gold, silver, copper, and so on, were valuable then, as now, requiring no processing save smelting.
But, ere entering into the realm of vibration, whose doorkeeper is sound, we find that the One Substance vibrates in variant, but definite, dynamic degree, and that thence arise each and all of the diverse forms of matter; in short, the difference between any given substances, as gold and silver, iron and lead, sugar and sand, is not one of matter, but of dynamic degree solely.
They are, in brief, affections of the One Substance by specific degrees of the One Energy, and except that the rate of this affection is vastly greater in the case of electricity than in that of lead or gold, there is no difference between these widely diverse appearing things.
The list runs from gold, silver, pearls, linen and silk to ivory, spices, horses, chariots, slaves and "souls of men".
Head of Gold: the Babylonian Empire of Nebuchadnezzar.
Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were all broken to pieces and became like chaff on a threshing floor in the summer.
“Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were turned into one, and became as dust from the harvest floor, and the wind swept them away so that no trace of them was found.
Gold, silver, bronze and iron end together in a single blow.
The island was rich in minerals, including orichalcum, a precious metal second only to gold.
This temple was richly decorated with gold and silver, and it housed a colossal statue of Poseidon driving six winged horses.
The wealth of the Atlanteans was immense, with vast quantities of gold, silver, orichalcum, and other precious resources at their disposal.
Now Abram (Avram) was extremely prosperous, possessing much livestock, along with silver and gold." / "And it happened that a conflict arose between the keepers of Abram's livestock and Lot's livestock, and the Canaanites and the Perizzites, who were at that time settled in that territory."
And Abram was very rich in livestock [בַּמִּקְנֶה], in silver, and in gold.
Lines 81-85: "The people of Aratta gathered their treasures, The finest gold, the most precious stones, the rarest gems.
'All that I possessed I gathered together; all I possessed of silver I gathered together; all that I possessed of gold I gathered--all that I possessed of the substance of life of every kind I gathered together.--I made all ascend into the vessel; my servants, male and female,--the cattle of the fields, the wild beasts of the plains, and the sons of the people, I made them all ascend.
Once every three years the ships of Tarshish came bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks."
Once every three years the merchant ships came, bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and monkeys."
Have you assembled your host to carry off plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to seize great spoil?'"
Gold
The goods listed in 2 Chronicles 9:21 are gold, silver, ivory, apes and monkeys.
Gold.
India was known for its gold.
Gold.
Africa was known for its gold mines, above all in Nubia (today’s Sudan) and Ethiopia.
Gold and silver.
The Arabian Peninsula and Mesopotamia got gold and silver through mining and through trade.
Gold.
Southeast Asia, including today’s Indonesia and Malaysia, had gold.
Gold and silver.
This was most true for luxury goods like gold, silver, ivory and exotic animals.
The Bible names several places and metals linked to mining, from the gold of Ophir to the copper of Edom.
Ophir was a land famous for its wealth, above all its gold, which was brought to King Solomon.
A pottery shard found at Tell Qasile, in present-day Tel Aviv, in 1946 and dated to the eighth century BC, reads "gold of Ophir", which shows that it was a real place that exported gold.
Solomon's fleet brought gold from Ophir.
And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
Job uses the gold of Ophir as a measure of great worth.
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
It shows a close knowledge of how metals were dug out and refined: the vein of silver, gold refined, iron taken from the earth and copper smelted from stone, the miner working in the dark, and the dust of gold under the ground.
Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.
The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
And Midas made this ill-advised reply: “Cause whatsoever I shall touch to change at once to yellow gold.”
Midas asked that everything he touched would become gold.
keeping on his right the great and high Pangaean range, where the Pierians and Odomanti and especially the Satrae have gold and silver mines.
Herodotus says Thracian peoples mined gold and silver in the Pangaean range.
The city of Aratta is portrayed as being rich in precious materials such as gold, silver, and lapis lazuli, and it is known for its skilled craftsmen.
Gold!
Yellow, precious gold!
I loaded into my capacious pockets all that I could stagger under, selecting the richest and most valuable pieces of the gold quartz.
I had forgotten that I carried gold in my pockets, and the fact only came back when I felt the retarding weight of the precious rock.
Out along the ridge I fled, leaving my sack of gold and much that was in my pockets in the safest place that I could choose, high above the bottom of the gorge, along which the.
"At least," thought I, "I have as much gold-rock--more metal than rock, it appears--left in my pockets yet, as I shall find myself well able to carry, now that the strength, born of excitement, is fled.
Therefore, Incal be praised!" How entirely inadequate to meet the expenses of seven years at college--and that college at the capital of the nation, where expenses were higher than elsewhere--were the twenty pounds, approximately, of gold-quartz, my inexperience could not tell me.
I had life and gold; wherefore I praised Incal as I went.
These maculae were thickly dotted with nuggets of native gold and with argent mineral.
The ductility of the precious metals was exhibited in curious effects, the gold and silver being drawn out from the smoothly fractured surface into wires, which in some cases were a number of inches long.
Sardis was a wealthy and powerful city, known for its riches, particularly gold, which was said to be found in the sands of the Pactolus River, a tributary of the Hermus River that flowed from Mount Tmolus.
The sands of the river, which flowed from Mount Tmolus, were said to have been filled with gold ever since, contributing to the wealth of Lydia and the surrounding region.
In antiquity, the mountain was famed for its rich deposits of gold and silver, which were extensively mined by the Thracians, an ancient people who lived in the area.
Herodotus and Historical AccountsThe ancient historian Herodotus mentions Mount Pangaion in his accounts, noting its wealth in gold and silver and its significance to the local Thracian tribes.
Philip exploited the gold mines of Pangaion to finance his military campaigns and to consolidate his power over Greece.
From its ancient gold and silver mines that shaped the course of Greek history to its role as a sacred site in both pagan and Christian traditions, the mountain holds a unique place in the cultural and historical landscape of Greece.
Quantum Financial System Reset: Mentioned in connection with Iraq, suggesting a shift in global financial structures toward a more equitable and gold-backed system, with Iraq playing a pivotal role.
Technological AdvancementsThe kingdom's early use of metalworking, utilizing rich deposits of copper and gold, marked a significant technological leap, laying the foundation for future advancements in metallurgy in the region and beyond.
Building the Palace: Kar begins constructing Baal's palace with materials from Lebanon and Mount Hermon, echoing biblical references to cedar and gold.
The Temple was a marvel of Atlantean architecture, richly decorated with gold, silver and other precious materials.
Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God.