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Ancient Technology for Metal Coatings 2,000 Years Ago Can't Be Matched Even Today
Science Daily ^ | July 24, 2013 | American Chemical Society

Posted on 07/27/2013 8:41:54 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

Artists and craftsmen more than 2,000 years ago developed thin-film coating technology unrivaled even by today's standards for producing DVDs, solar cells, electronic devices and other products. Understanding these sophisticated metal-plating techniques from ancient times, described in the ACS journal Accounts of Chemical Research, could help preserve priceless artistic and other treasures from the past. Share This:

Gabriel Maria Ingo and colleagues point out that scientists have made good progress in understanding the chemistry of many ancient artistic and other artifacts -- crucial to preserve them for future generations. Big gaps in knowledge remained, however, about how gilders in the Dark Ages and other periods applied such lustrous, impressively uniform films of gold or silver to intricate objects. Ingo's team set out to apply the newest analytical techniques to uncover the ancients' artistic secrets.

They discovered that gold- and silversmiths 2,000 years ago developed a variety of techniques, including using mercury like a glue to apply thin films of metals to statues and other objects. Sometimes, the technology was used to apply real gold and silver. It also was used fraudulently, to make cheap metal statues that look like solid gold or silver. The scientists say that their findings confirm "the high level of competence reached by the artists and craftsmen of these ancient periods who produced objects of an artistic quality that could not be bettered in ancient times and has not yet been reached in modern ones."

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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: au; godsgravesglyphs; gold
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How artisans centuries ago achieved sophisticated gilding, such as on the St. Ambrogio golden altar from 825 AD, is now coming to light. (Credit: American Chemical Society)

Ancient Technology for Metal Coatings 2,000 Years Ago Can t Be Matched Even Today

1 posted on 07/27/2013 8:41:54 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 07/27/2013 8:42:20 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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To: SunkenCiv

hmmm...The Shroud


3 posted on 07/27/2013 8:43:58 PM PDT by bigheadfred (INFIDEL)
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To: SunkenCiv

4 posted on 07/27/2013 8:45:45 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the mainland US There'd be a rifle behind each blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

that is it everyone knows the annunaki were here for the gold so i am sure they were doing this layering so people wouldnt notice just how much gold they were taking


5 posted on 07/27/2013 8:47:27 PM PDT by bigheadfred (INFIDEL)
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To: SunkenCiv

Iron Pillar of Delhi.


6 posted on 07/27/2013 8:53:57 PM PDT by Flag_This (Real presidents don't bow.)
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To: bigheadfred; 2ndDivisionVet

Thought everyone knew they took it; they used it to pave the streets of Heaven.

That is actually a metaphorical exaggeration, as the “streets” were actually the wiring of their Information superhighway.


7 posted on 07/27/2013 8:59:18 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!©)
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To: SunkenCiv

Beautiful.


8 posted on 07/27/2013 9:01:46 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Nephilim!

Read Enoch.


9 posted on 07/27/2013 9:13:46 PM PDT by foundedonpurpose (It's time for a fundamental restoration, of our country's principles!)
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To: SunkenCiv

And I almost flunked eighth grade art. I made a pancake out of clay. The teacher said I lacked creativity.


10 posted on 07/27/2013 9:18:06 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: blueunicorn6

In my opinion the greatest artists engage realism and the ones that can’t or won’t embrace realism embrace creativity.


11 posted on 07/27/2013 9:22:00 PM PDT by willyd (I for one welcome our NSA overlords)
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To: SunkenCiv

Bump


12 posted on 07/27/2013 9:24:47 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: SunkenCiv

“It also was used fraudulently, to make cheap metal statues that look like solid gold or silver.”

Who’d a thunk the advent of “100% gold plated” costume jewelry was invented 2000 years ago? Bet they didn’t have “100% cubic zirconia” to set in their gold plated rings.


13 posted on 07/27/2013 9:41:53 PM PDT by Carthego delenda est
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To: blueunicorn6

LOL!


14 posted on 07/27/2013 11:29:28 PM PDT by SatinDoll (NATURAL BORN CITIZEN: BORN IN THE USA OFCITIZEN PARENTS)
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To: blueunicorn6

That was yours?!? I broke a tooth on that thing.


15 posted on 07/28/2013 2:39:57 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Google the 50,000 year old spark plugs found in CA during the late 1960’s, it will blow your mind.......


16 posted on 07/28/2013 4:30:46 AM PDT by stockpirate (American taxpayer's are: The New World Order slaves for the collective.)
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Here is the link to a History Channel story on the spark plug, with photo’s starts at 4 minutes in, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR86JqKP8BQ&sf=Relevancy#1


17 posted on 07/28/2013 4:40:10 AM PDT by stockpirate (American taxpayer's are: The New World Order slaves for the collective.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Can't Be Matched Even Today

Alien technology.....they took the secret with them when they left.

18 posted on 07/28/2013 4:44:43 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (')
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To: blueunicorn6

Maybe you must missed breakfast that day. :-)


19 posted on 07/28/2013 9:33:19 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

She was going to flunk me because I lacked creativity. So I rolled up my pancake and told her it was a snake. She threatened to flunk me again. So, I took the clay and made a functioning nuclear reactor. She gave me a C because “It isn’t aesthetically pleasing”. Well, Jeanie Adams sculpted a horse that looked like a terrier dog and she got an A. She was a teacher’s daughter. The fix was in.


20 posted on 07/28/2013 10:03:38 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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