Mustafa Waziri reveals the secrets of the precious metal since the second Naqada civilization
The first map of gold mines in history.. Egyptian
The study confirmed the association of gold with the ancient Egyptian faith.
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Mostafa Waziri: "Gold played an important role in the development of arts and industries throughout the history of the ancient Egyptian civilization."
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The Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Egyptian Antiquities, Dr. Mostafa Waziri, confirmed that the ancient Egyptians presented the world with the first map of gold mines in history, adding in a recent historical study that the map that was found written on papyrus is now preserved in the Museum of Turin, Italy, as it appears Map Locations of gold mines and mountain hills that contain among their geological components "gold veins", as well as miners' huts.
According to the study, which revealed many of the secrets of the precious metal in ancient Egypt, gold has been known in Egypt since the era of Naqada II civilization, and it was extracted from a group of mines that were scattered in the eastern desert of Egypt, and from the country of Nubia, numbering about 120 mines.
Waziri pointed out, in his study, to the association of gold with the ancient Egyptian faith, as it was known as one of the minerals of immortality: “from which the gods of ancient Egypt emanated,” as the ancient Egyptian employed it in some aspects of worldly life, in addition to those related to religious thought.
The Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities indicated that the ancient Egyptian was keen to cover the mummies with plates of gold and silver, in order to guarantee them immortality, especially since these precious metals symbolized each of the bones, bodies and limbs of deities, and therefore they do not perish like the bodies of deities, especially Osiris. .
Therefore, according to Waziri, the process of gilding the body of the deceased makes him imitate the body of Osiris, but these metals are not subject to corrosion, decomposition or perishability, and therefore their presence on the body preserves it from decomposition, and guarantees it immortality and immortality.
The ancient Egyptian linked the sun and gold, and the moon and silver, as he linked the metal of gold and its yellow color, its brightness and vitality, and the sun that gives light and heat, and linked silver metal with white luster (sunlight and moonlight).
It was mentioned in the ancient Egyptian texts that the sun is the eye of Ra, and the moon is the right eye of Horus, and that the eyes of Horus and Ra are like the eyes of the universe, so the first eye is the eye of the morning, and the other is the eye of the evening.
The Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities said that gold played an important role in the development of arts and industries in ancient Egypt, and played an influential role in political, economic and religious life throughout the history of ancient Egyptian civilization.
The ancient Egyptian considered gold the most precious metal, as it is the “material of the sun,” from which “the gods were emitted,” as it was considered the embodiment of the goddess “Golden Hathor.”
According to Waziri, gold was also a symbol of the immortal life of the sun and the gods, according to ancient Egyptian beliefs, which believed that the sun god Ra was “the mountain of gold that spreads its rays on the world.”
According to the study, the ancient Egyptians used to formulate gold through two methods, namely methods and casting, and inscriptions were engraved on it, and gold was used for decorative purposes, and in the form of flakes for gilding furniture and coffins.
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The inscriptions and drawings of tombs walls record some goldsmithing processes recorded on the walls of some temples and tombs, especially the tombs of the Old Kingdom, which show that the pharaohs introduced fire in the gold industry. These scenes depict workers melting metal in large ceramic bowls, around which a number of other workers stand They blow fire with long tubes of wood, the ends of which are porcelain that does not burn, and then pour the gold after melting it into molds to make jewelry.
The chambers of royal tombs and coffin-making workshops were called the “house of gold.” In view of the antiquities made of gold that were preserved, the goldsmiths in ancient Egypt were very skilled.
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