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The classical seven Metals of Antiquity in the order of their discovery are: THE METALS OF ANTIQUITY
These are the metals upon which civilization was founded. They were known to the Mesopotamians, the Egyptians, the Greeks and the Romans. The distinction between lead and tin was not clearly defined to the ancients, and the two metals were often used interchangeably in the creation of bronze. Mercury was believed by the Greeks to be a form of Silver and was called 'Hydrargyrum,' or 'Watery Silver.' Hence the English term 'Quick Silver.'
- Gold (discovered 6000 BC)
- Silver (4000 BC)
- Bronze - composed of Copper (4200 BC); alloyed with Lead (3500 BC) or Tin (1750 BC)
- Iron (1500 BC)
- Mercury (750 BC)
Read more about the metalurgy and the alchemy of the seven Metals of Antiquity;
In the Hindu conception of the world ages, Satya yuga was brought to a close by a general flood. Mercury appeared soon after the beginning of the next age, the Treta yuga; and for at least a part of this age men lived under the aegis of Mercury. In Hindu astronomy the usual name for the planet Mercury was Budha, who is said to have married Ila, the daughter of Satyavrata. Satyavrata was the Manu of the Satya yuga, in whose days the Deluge occurred. This is but a way of saying that the time of Mercury’s prominence was shortly after the Deluge, the age of Saturn, the Satya yuga. The Matsya Puranam ed. and transl. by Jamna das Akhtar (Delhi, 1972), ch. xi.
Read more about the cosmic Age of Mercury.
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