Talk:Gold (hieroglyph)

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Pharaohship, power, symbols/gold
Since pharaohs lived with power, symbolism, and beauty (of the country-side, or gold), I'm going to give the rating of importance MID. ...Not even referring to the Horus-of-Gold name...

But another story can be told: the British Museum had an exhibit in south LA County, (Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, "Egyptian Treasures of the British Museum", c. 2000), California, and I was struck by a necklace from the Naqada burial phase (I think it said about 3600 BC or so (Not before 4000)(the book says c. 3200. A simple cloth necklace with gold beads. The circular beads were flat with no spaces between on the necklace-(I see they are irregular in size-(diameter)-(but re-examining, clearly ~circular, but variable in thicknesses)), and the explanation in the exhibit was this: a medium-thin sheet of gold had pieces snipped off (All the same thickness, approx.), and the piece was turned into a circle to form a bead with a hole. One could not see any seams; maybe they were infilled with hot gold. (This necklace rivals some of the King Tut masterpieces, though it is simple. (It reminds of a pre-European Black Jet(rock) necklace, in its exquisiteness.))

The necklace has 4-strands of gold in 4 sections, 2.5 to 3.5 inches long. Lapis lazuli beads and a deep-red glass beads sectioned connected the other 4-stranded sections (3 stone sections between the 4, then 2-long sections of stones/red-glass back to the clasp. (from the book, pg. 204-205.) -(from the SonoranDesert, ArizonaUSA) ...Mmcannis (talk) 00:00, 26 July 2009 (UTC)