How They Stretched Gold 5000 Years Ago 🤯

This is how people literally stretched gold into objects over 5000 years ago, because they discovered that hammering it over and over caused the gold to spread outwards instead of cracking, allowing them to bend a small flat piece into basically any shape. Which back then, goldsmiths often shaped the gold into cups, since they were used frequently by kings and other elites, meaning they had to be shaped perfectly with no uneven walls or warped edges. Which is why they drew multiple guidelines across the entire surface,

so they could precisely hammer each section evenly so they could precisely hammer each section evenly until it finally settled into a smooth cup.