05 dezembro 2018

In ancient Egypt, silver was more valuable than gold. It had not always been available there, and...

In ancient Egypt, silver was more valuable than gold. It had not always been available there, and after silver was introduced, it remained rare through the Early Dynastic Period. As a result silver jewelry was almost always thinner than gold jewelry.

By the Middle Kingdom, though, new sources of silver seem to have opened up because silver became less valuable than gold.

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