Mining for gold is a slow, dirty, and dangerous process. Not everyone owns a gold mine—in both the ancient Egyptian society and during the Roman Empire, the gold mines were the property of the state, ...Mining for gold is a slow, dirty, and dangerous process. Not everyone owns a gold mine—in both the ancient Egyptian society and during the Roman Empire, the gold mines were the property of the state, not an individual or group. There were few ways for most people to legally get any gold for themselves.
