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

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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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Gold is precious, always has been. Whenever it was found it would be mined out until there was nothing left.
So all those big deposits are gone, and one of the easiest ways to find gold now is by finding tiny crumbs that are in rivers.
Gold is also a fairly soft metal when pure and can be shaped and carved pretty easily even with primative tools

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