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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gam3rBlake, post: 8207713, member: 115909&quot;]Ive always wondered if gold being among the softest metals had anything to do with it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The “Metals of Antiquity” which are the very first metals humankind used for benefit are:</p><p><br /></p><p>1). Gold</p><p>2). Silver</p><p>3). Copper</p><p>4). Tin</p><p>5). Mercury</p><p>6). Lead</p><p>7). Iron</p><p><br /></p><p>Among these gold is the softest and most malleable.</p><p><br /></p><p>If religion was so central to every culture Gold would be the easiest and prettiest (objective some may think iron are pretty) metal available.</p><p><br /></p><p>My own personal theory is that gold had an early religious use and due to religion being the focus of life in most of human history I believe it was desired for this reason.</p><p><br /></p><p>What could be more valuable than something used to call the favor of the gods themselves?</p><p><br /></p><p>But I think in later (but still very very ancient) times it no longer was used primarily for religious ornamentation but for things like royalty and ornamentation and eventually coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>That’s my own personal non-approved and un-peer reviewed theory.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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