Egyptian Dreams

ZericsKirog · Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 12:42 am Post subject: About Soild gold...

How they make of Tutankhamun's mask. Soild Gold.
I do know how paper gold. But good question about soild gold... Confused

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anneke · Queen of Egypt Joined: 23 Jan 2004 Posts: 9305

Good question. I think the solid gold mask was made oout of what they call "beaten gold".
I'm not sure, but I think that means that the metal workers used instruments to pound it into shape.
Wonder if they used some type of mold to pound it into though.
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dzama923 · Posted: Tue May 07, 2019 6:03 pm Post subject:

The way it might have been possible also, is pouring melted gold into a mold. I know in Sumer they had furances that were powered by the oil fields around the neighboring area. Egypt may have had some furances where gold could be melted.