ADVANCES IN JEWELRY MAKING 2600BC

Artisans develop the lost-wax jewelry casting technique. The process allows for improved hardness and colour variation which in turn broadens the market for gold products.

Early gold jewellery 2600 BC

Goldsmiths of ancient Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) craft one of the earliest pieces of gold jewellery, a burial headdress of lapis and carnelian beads with willow leaf-shaped gold pendants.

Image © Trustees of The British Museum

FIRST SMELTING OF GOLD 3600BC

FIRST SMELTING OF GOLD  3600BC 

Egyptian goldsmiths carry out the first melting or fusing of ores in order to separate the metals inside. They use blowpipes made from fire-resistant clay to heat the smelting furnace.

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