The ancient quest to transform matter into gold began with a single proto-scientist
In short: While alchemy is often dismissed as myth, history records a documented attempt to turn materials into gold using a scientific approach. This video explores the origins of the practice through one of its earliest recorded figures.
Around 300 AD, a Greco-Egyptian figure named Zosimos conducted what is considered the first surviving documented attempt to create gold through relatively scientific methods. Although he is credited with writing nearly thirty books on the subject of alchemy, most of his written works have since been lost to history.
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