by Ralph Benko | May 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
Frost family grave, photo by Richard Avery Originally posted on Thursday, May 1st, 2014 Robert Frost famously wrote a rather melancholy poem, Nothing Gold Can Stay: “Nature’s first green is gold, The hardest hue to hold.” Now science, reports Gizmag,...
by Ralph Benko | Apr 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
Lucas Cranach the Elder, The Golden Age, ca. 1530 Originally posted on Tuesday, April 29th, 2014 The ancient Greeks, much like India, told of a long-lost golden age. Hesiod, in Works and Days, tells the tale — and of the decline into this age of “sore...
by Ralph Benko | Apr 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
Image courtesy of eBay’s India Live Store Originally posted on Thursday, April 24th, 2014 Indian culture long has held a high appreciation for gold. The Vedic faith records four historical ages, the highest being the Satya Yuga. Per Wikipedia, “when...
by Ralph Benko | Apr 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
Flow chart courtesy of Professor Abrol Kakharov Originally posted on Tuesday, April 22nd, 2014 Some critics of gold (and of the gold standard) are concerned by the environmental toxicity of the cyanide now used to extract gold from ore. This process may be about to...
by Ralph Benko | Apr 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
19th century depiction of Pliny the Elder courtesy of the Library of Congress Originally posted on April 17, 2014 Hostility toward gold has a long pedigree. Gaius Plinius Secundus, commonly known as Pliny the Elder, in his The Natural History, Book 33, section 3,...
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