P.S. on The Gold Standard and History....re Kush, on the Nile...discovery

[Mark Kohut]

 about 225 miles north of Khartoum, Emberling's team rescued from the rising Nile the concrete evidence of a gold-processing center — 55 grinding stones made of a granite-like rock called gneiss.
  The stones were once used to crush and grind ore and recover flakes of gold. The ground ore was likely washed with water nearby to separate the gold flakes, according to the archaeologists.
  "It was a surprise to find remains of gold processing from the Kingdom of Kush...we now are able to suggest that organized extraction of gold was of importance for the economy," Emberling said.

       
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