Ancient Sophisticated Technologies: Mercury-Based Gilding That We Still Can’t Reach
AncientPages.com | August 1, 2018
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ancients were in possession of very sophisticated knowledge. Ancient gold and silversmiths used mercury, which was produced more than 8,000 years ago in Turkey. Mercury was used for gilding (domes, interiors of cathedrals, religious figures and more) in many parts of the ancient world.
Many of the ancients' techniques are still unknown. They were so skilled that some of the quality they achieved has still not been matched.
The official version is that electroplating was invented in Italy in the 1800s. However, that is not true because this technology was well-known in ancient Egypt and Babylon. Electroplating is nothing more than a re-invention by created by our modern society. Ancient civilizations had harnessed the power of electricity long ago and were familiar with batteries, telescopes, mirror weapons, as well as carbon arc lighting.
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