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- Orichalcum - World History Encyclopedia
Orichalcum ("mountain copper") or aurichalcum ("gold copper") was a metal used in coins during ancient times Orichalcum was a golden-yellow coloured mixture
- Orichalcum: Mystery Metal of the Ancients - Historic Mysteries
The Orichalcum alloy was recorded as being incredibly malleable, stronger than copper, and hard to tarnish Many modern historians believe that the semi-mythological metal known as Orichalcum was likely therefore to have been an early type of brass, especially during the Roman era
- Orichalcum, The Ancient Metal That Seemingly Vanished From Earth
An alloy similar to brass, orichalcum looked like gold and was used in ancient times to make Roman coins before it fell out of use and seemingly vanished from the Earth Plato mentioned orichalcum in his writings about Atlantis
- Orichalcum - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Orichalcum or aurichalcum, ὀρείχαλκος is the name of a metal or two different metals Old writings from ancient Greece talk about orichalcum and the Romans made coins out of a metal they called orichalcum, but they might not have been the same metal
- Recovery of ancient Greek shipwreck in Sicily reveals rare orichalcum . . .
Orichalcum, derived from the Greek word “oreikhalkos” meaning “mountain copper,” has long been a subject of fascination Classical sources like Plato’s Critias describe orichalcum as a highly valuable metal, second only to gold
- Real or Fake? Orichalcum, Ancient Metal of Mythical Origins
Orichalcum is a semi-mythical metal that was most likely an early form of brass Its name derives from the ancient Greek words for ‘mountain’ and ‘copper’ Orichalcum was mentioned in several ancient texts, including Plato’s Critias
- Orichalcum: Legendary Metal of Atlantis, Or Just A Common Ore?
Prior to the 5th century BC, as the Greeks ruled the eastern Mediterranean, orichalcum, a term which by the way may have also originated in Cyprus, was essentially a common product used not only by the Greeks, but by those who traded with them as well
- Orichalcum: Ancient Writers Spoke Of A Mysterious Metal . . . - IFLScience
Ancient texts speak of a strange and valuable metal known as orichalcum The mystical material was often dismissed as a fantastical invention – until they discovered a large cache of the stuff
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