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From the dazzling treasures of the tombs of ancient Egypt to the refined style of later 20th-century design, the allure of gold, with its scarcity, its unfailing aesthetic brilliance and its unequalled malleability, has played a significant part in mankind's cultural, social, economic and artistic history. Each chapter in this generously illustrated study is devoted to a particular epoch, explaining where people of that time found gold, how they mined, refined and worked it, and the part it played in shaping their society.

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The Editor’s Picks for Holiday Books (2006): This book is full of treasures it is likely the wealth of sumptuous, glimmering illustrations crowns, small sculptures of hunters, animals and goddesses, coins, ceremonial armor, and all manner of exquisitely designed jewelry that make this volume in invaluable. The text is eminently readable, yet dense with history.” Art New England

"With nearly 300 images of jewelry, coins, religious artifacts and more, the book zips through world history as seen in gold’s reflected gleam. Mr. Bachmann begins in the Bronze Age but is at his most fascinating when the tour reaches Europe during the first millennium." The Wall Street Journal

Pizzaro might have slit your throat for The Lure of Gold (Abbeville). A savvy text relates mankind’s venerably irrational mania for the gleaming stuff. The full-page photos bring on a Fred C. Dobbs mood: a gilt-clad temple in Kyoto, Mycenaean, masks, Egypt’s Tut, gold-drunk Versailles, a lovable Colombian toy raft made entirely of the sunburst metal.” San Diego Tribune

"In The Lure of Gold (Abbeville) archaeometallurgist Hans-Gert Bachmann journeys through six glittering millennia of artistic and cultural history, from Egypt’s gold-tipped obelisks to the Kremlin’s gilded domes this lavishly illustrated book examines the meanings of gold across civilizations, as well as techniques for working the radiant and durable metal. Find out how compositions on Celtic coins foreshadowed Art Deco motifs and how the same material that once legitimized powerful rulers has become Snoop Dogg’s bling." Archaeology magazine
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Dr. Hans-Gert Bachmann, who studied geosciences at the University of Bonn, has taken part in many archaeological excavations and surveys in Europe and the Near East. From 1963 to 1993 he held a senior position at Degussa, a global gold and silver refining company based in Germany. Currently he is an honorary professor at the University of Frankfurt am Main and at the Institute of Archaeology, University College, London.

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