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Seems like the tech for making gold necklaces hasn't changed too much in 35 centuries! http://static01.nyt.com/images/2015/10/27/science/27PYLOSJP1/27PYLOSJP1-a

• scoot 11y ago
  It wasn't so much that the technique is still the same that struck me, so much as that the technique, and the technology to fabricate using it, existed 3500 years ago!
  • jacquesm 11y ago
    The main reason we're ahead of these folks is because we went about our research a bit more methodical, not because we're smarter or more precise with our fingers. If not for a handful of men and women we'd be stuck trying to find the philosophers stone.
  • vidarh 11y ago
    Gold is one of the least remarkable metals in that respect, given how soft it is, and how easy it is to melt (both that the melting point is reasonable, but also that it is relatively hard to mess up the melting compared to many other metals). You can do a lot with gold with next to no equipment and patience that required substantial technological advances to be possible with many other metals.