How were ancient civilizations, like the Egyptians and Romans, able to obtain so much gold and shape it into intricate shapes?

Question

I see videos of gold miners using sluices and only collecting little flakes and being satisfied so I’m curious to know what changed either in society or economically.

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It was still precious back then, but slavery was commonplace in almost every ancient civilization, so even massive amounts of labour to acquire gold was feasible