Thinking about the history of the perceived value of gold, I should add because it's shiny and rare, it would be part of the ornament of the religious ritual in

Thinking about the history of the perceived value of gold, I should add because it's shiny and rare, it would be part of the ornament of the religious ritual in Ancient times, where of course the religious ritual encompassed the “political process”. Take Egypt, for instance: the Pharaoh was the god himself, not an in-between dealer of some kind or the son of god or his cousin or something. Also he controlled most of the gold. And then you are a slave, or the pharaoh’s small child daughter, or something, and you don’t even know what’s gold, and you have never seen it except in GOD’s wearings, earrings, buildings, court members, etc. Gold was the visual representation and color of the Everything himself! Pretty convincing, right? It’s very clear, thus, gold was employed as a “religious tech” these days, and that wouldn’t be possible were it not shiny and also rare. Maybe there’s an element I’m ignoring here related to the development and possession of the gold extraction technology. For some further speculation, because I don’t have the information, just like lower status egypts would admire gold-god himself (maybe these words being so similar is not some coincidence), there must have been some analogue effect from other civilizations/cultures also. Maybe other people that controlled gold elsewhere would be inspired by EGYPT GOD and copy his practices within their own theatricals, or maybe the egypts copied some other culture first, or maybe none. Sorry for my bad english. Slavery sucks. Let's make it end. Have a nice day