| Gold has a complex and a long history. It was | | | | was called as the "Golden Horus". People had belief in |
| discovered about more than five thousand years ago. | | | | those times that the skins of the deities were golden. |
| It soon emerged as a power symbol, and caused | | | | Some people believe that problems in the world are |
| individual and national obsession, and the destruction of | | | | associated with gold. Their mythology describes that |
| cultures. | | | | the desire, and lust for gold is eternal, and cannot be |
| There are many myths attached with gold since | | | | fulfilled, or satisfied. People should withdraw from this |
| unknown times. Due to its high value, not too much | | | | lust of gold; otherwise, they will become the captives |
| people were able to touch it, or took it in obsession. | | | | of its lust, and will forget their real purpose of life. |
| Therefore, they started creating stories, and tales | | | | Gold also has an importance in the dawn of Muslim |
| about its mythical, and magical powers. They thought | | | | age. That was really a golden period of Muslims in the |
| that it has some divine powers that are only gifted to | | | | history, and today. During that time, Muslim scientists |
| kings, and queens. They also believed that gold is a | | | | tried to find a chemical that can actually turn ordinary |
| healing source, and those who have gold, live a longer | | | | metal into gold. Though, they were unable to find, or |
| life. | | | | make such chemical, they invented many acids, and |
| There are many famous stories about gold from | | | | bases during that research. They name this science |
| which the story of King Midas holds a great popularity. | | | | branch as "Alchemy", and the branch of science |
| King Midas fell this deep in the love of gold that he | | | | "Chemistry" is also originally derived from "Alchemy". |
| forgot his own son. He wanted to turn everything into | | | | Due to the importance and value of gold in human |
| gold, and unfortunately, he got magical powers that | | | | history, economists started relating gold value with |
| allowed him to do so. He touched his son who | | | | currency. Countries are bound or allowed to have a |
| became of gold, after that, he realised the curse of | | | | specific, or limited amount of gold and that can be |
| gold and asked God for penance. God forgave him | | | | altered only with new currency. |
| and took his powers away. | | | | Inflation is caused when there is any excess in minting |
| Egypt gave a sudden strike when the word mythology | | | | the currency. In addition, this is the cause behind the |
| comes. It was considered by ancient Egyptians that | | | | huge inflation rates of modern age. As gold is |
| Gold is divine and indestructible metal. Gold was | | | | discovered from very few locations of the world, and |
| associated with the brightness of sun in that time. | | | | in small quantity, it will maintain its worth forever. This |
| Ancients used to call the sun god "Re", the mountain of | | | | sacred value of gold resulted in its use in ornaments, |
| gold, and when there was old kingdom of Pharaoh, he | | | | and jewellery. |