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A great example of how gold does after thousands of years...

kiyotekiyote Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I was able to see this first-hand at the Athens museum. They had a fantastic collection of ancient gold items!

Bronze Age Lion Hunt Dagger

Golden bull cup.
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Beautiful items...I like that cup the best.... Cheers, RickO
  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 22,863 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great workmanship, interesting historical work of art. I'm sure it's not a coffee cup, but it looks like one.image
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  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,764 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow, such wealth to be buried with three swords/daggers. They are gorgeous.

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  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,660 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There is a good chance that some of the human-crafted objects made of gold will continue to exist, nearly exactly as they are now, for the next billion years or more. Maybe some of the ones in your lockbox.

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  • kiyotekiyote Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>There is a good chance that some of the human-crafted objects made of gold will continue to exist, nearly exactly as they are now, for the next billion years or more. Maybe some of the ones in your lockbox. >>



    I've thought about that.. how fun would it be to hammer out a message on a 5 gram bar of gold and bury it in the middle of nowhere? Maybe no one would ever find it, maybe a race of uplifted raccoons will find it after winning the Badger Wars of 16,982.
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  • mariner67mariner67 Posts: 2,746 ✭✭✭


    << <i>There is a good chance that some of the human-crafted objects made of gold will continue to exist, nearly exactly as they are now, for the next billion years or more. Maybe some of the ones in your lockbox. >>



    Wow, a billion years?
    Really?
    I wonder if a gamma ray burst, asteroid or big meteor hit or whatever could vaporize earth within the next billion years.
    Who knows....it really is incomprehensible.
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  • element159element159 Posts: 513 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I wonder if a gamma ray burst, asteroid or big meteor hit could vaporize earth within the next billion years. >>


    None of those would vaporize the Earth. They might kill all humans (my avatar chuckles) but would spare the gold (barring any direct hits, naturally).

    That is kind of an interesting concept, collectibles lasting billions of years. My paper money won't last one millionth as long!
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