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  • Gold from a mine in Ghana is packed and sorted for transport.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1223010.TIF
  • Gold from a mine in Ghana is packed and sorted for transport.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1223009.TIF
  • A bride wearing gold threads in her sari and a priceless headpiece.
    MM7339_20070918_01050.tif
  • A bride wearing gold threads in her sari and a priceless headpiece.
    MM7339_20070918_00545.tif
  • Gold from a mine in Ghana is packed and sorted for transport.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1198349.JPG
  • A bride wearing gold threads in her sari and a priceless headpiece.
    MM7339_20070918_00530.tif
  • Gold from a mine in Ghana is packed and sorted for transport.
    GOLDGHANA_20060925_01046.tif
  • Gold from a mine in Ghana is packed and sorted for transport.
    GOLDGHANA_20060925_00922.tif
  • Gold from a mine in Ghana is packed and sorted for transport.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1222965.JPG
  • A bride wearing gold threads in her sari and a priceless headpiece.
    MM7339_20070918_00969.tif
  • A bride wearing gold threads in her sari and a priceless headpiece.
    MM7339_20070918_00524.tif
  • A bride wearing gold threads in her sari and a priceless headpiece.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1198342.TIF
  • Goldsmiths living and working in a one-room factory in Kolkata.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1223053.TIF
  • Lord of Sipan, important Moche burial site in Peru. The site was being looted but it was stopped and some tombs are restored with replicas to show what the graves looked like 1500 years ago. The treasure trove discovered included gold, silver, copper and semi-precious stones as well as hundreds of ceramic pots which contained food and drink for journey in the after life..  The Mochica leader was buried in all of this finery along with a warrior guard buried alive (with his feet cut off), three women, two assistants and a servant.
    MELISSA FARLOW_04526_1187667-1.JPG
  • Lord of Sipan, important Moche burial site in Peru. The site was being looted but it was stopped and some tombs are restored with replicas to show what the graves looked like 1500 years ago. The treasure trove discovered included gold, silver, copper and semi-precious stones as well as hundreds of ceramic pots which contained food and drink for journey in the after life..  The Mochica leader was buried in all of this finery along with a warrior guard buried alive (with his feet cut off), three women, two assistants and a servant.
    MELISSA FARLOW_04526_1187667.jpg
  • In Kamchatka, much of the anti-poaching warden’s equipment is provided by WWF and other NGOs to keep the Kurilskoe Lake World Heritage Site poacher free.  But they do not get money for free weights, so wardens strap together  MI-8 and tank parts to use as weight-training equipment. The “weight bench” is a couple of discarded 50-gallon drums for aviation fuel. <br />
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These wardens were brought in from the Sochi area of Russia (Caucus Mountains) so that they would have no local contacts or ties to poaching brigades so they would clean up the area.  Two or three of the wardens are always out on enforcement for over a month at a time. The official salary for a warden is $200 a month, but the WWF supplemented salaries and bought them equipment they need to do the job.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7593_1248208.TIF
  • A Kurilskoye Lake Preserve game warden lifting weights he salvaged from scrap MI-8 helicopter parts.
    MM7593_20080810_05962.tif
  • A gilt figure on the Art Deco style Fisher building.
    MELISSA FARLOW_MT6613_1457236.jpg
  • A Ghanian chief protected by guards with gold handled swords.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1223025.JPG
  • A Ghanian chief protected by guards with gold handled swords.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1223024.TIF
  • Workers at Rajesh Exports, the largest gold exporter in the world.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1223059.JPG
  • Hindus worship a golden deity during the Tirupati Temple Festival.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1223043.JPG
  • Bronze Age war ax adorned with a horse from the Black Sea region.
    RANDY OLSON_MM6879_708198.JPG
  • Sculpted bronze doors on the baptistry next to the Cathedral of Siena.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1222981.JPG
  • Miners in a pond mixing mercury with ore to separate out the gold.
    Gold_20060421_02357.tif
  • Gold jewelry on display in a store in Hong Kong.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1223021.TIF
  • A jewelry store with a gold chariot built to attract tourists.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1223006.TIF
  • The Cathedral of Siena.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1222978.JPG
  • The Cathedral of Siena.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1222977.JPG
  • A man fixing mining equipment in a muddy pit.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1222961.TIF
  • Men fixing mining equipment in a muddy pit.
    Gold_20060421_01868.tif
  • Bracelets at Rajesh Exports, the largest gold exporter in the world.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1223061.TIF
  • A jewelry store with a gold chariot built to attract tourists.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1223005.TIF
  • Goldsmiths shed shirts to work in a one-room factory in Kolkata.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1223046.TIF
  • Hindus worship a golden deity during the Tirupati Temple Festival.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1223044.JPG
  • Miners in a pond mixing mercury with ore to separate out the gold.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1222998.TIF
  • Bars of gold inside the largerst exporter of gold in the world.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1222985.TIF
  • Ceiling panels of gold laminated fleur de lis in the Palazzo Vecchio.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1222980.JPG
  • Miners in a pond mixing mercury with ore to separate out the gold.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1198348.JPG
  • Miners use mercury to separate gold from rock.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1198341.TIF
  • A necklace of gold turtles from the fifth century B.C.
    RANDY OLSON_MM6879_708201.JPG
  • Men fixing mining equipment in a muddy pit.
    Gold_20060421_01800.tif
  • Miners in a pond mixing mercury with ore to separate out the gold.
    Gold_20060421_02198.tif
  • Hindus worship a golden deity during the Tirupati Temple Festival.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1223045.JPG
  • A neon sign reflected in the window of a bus.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1223037.TIF
  • Gold from a mine in Ghana is packed for transport.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1223011.JPG
  • Miners in a pond mixing mercury with ore to separate out the gold.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1223002.TIF
  • Mass-market jewelry takes shape at a goldsmith's workshop in Kolkata.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1222983.JPG
  • Men fixing mining equipment in a muddy pit.
    Gold_20060421_01822.tif
  • Men fixing mining equipment in a muddy pit.
    Gold_20060421_01814.tif
  • The gold vault at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1223062.JPG
  • A gold jewelry store in Kolkota.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1223052.TIF
  • A gold jewelry store in Bangalore.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1223033.JPG
  • Mass-market jewelry takes shape at a goldsmith's workshop in Kolkata.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1222984.TIF
  • Rough hands pressing excess mercury from extracted gold.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1198347.TIF
  • Men fixing mining equipment in a muddy pit.
    Gold_20060421_01818.tif
  • Men fixing mining equipment in a muddy pit.
    Gold_20060421_01790.tif
  • Men fixing mining equipment in a muddy pit.
    Gold_20060421_01781.tif
  • Goldsmiths work in a one-room factory in Kolkata.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1223047.JPG
  • Ceiling panel in the Palazzo Vecchio laminated with pure gold.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1222979.JPG
  • Goldsmiths shed shirts to work in a one-room factory in Kolkata.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1198345.TIF
  • Women panning for gold in the dust of streets full of garbage.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1198343.TIF
  • Bracelet of gold adorned with ram's heads from the fifth century B.C.
    RANDY OLSON_MM6879_708202.JPG
  • A busy jewelry store in Chennai.
    MM7339_20070918_01331.tif
  • A goldsmith working in a one-room factory in Kolkata.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1223051.TIF
  • Goldsmiths work in a one-room factory in Kolkata.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1223049.TIF
  • A jewelry store in Hong Kong.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1223007.JPG
  • Women panning for gold in the dust of streets full of garbage.
    MM7339_20070918_01548.tif
  • Goldsmiths shed shirts to work in a one-room factory in Kolkata.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1223050.TIF
  • Artisanal goldsmiths working in Kolkata.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1223048.TIF
  • An artisanal goldsmith's workshop in Kolkata.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1222982.JPG
  • Women trying on gold necklaces in a showroom on Askhays Tritiya day.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1222976.TIF
  • A busy jewelry store in Chennai.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1223035.TIF
  • Billboards advertising gold jewelry.
    MM7339_20080511_02704.tif
  • Billboards advertising gold jewelry.
    MM7339_20070918_01450.tif
  • Billboards advertising gold jewelry.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1223038.TIF
  • Billboards advertising gold jewelry.
    MM7339_20070918_02044.tif
  • Mass-market jewelry takes shape at a goldsmith's workshop in Kolkata.
    MM7339_20080515_03558.tif
  • Mass-market jewelry takes shape at a goldsmith's workshop in Kolkata.
    MM7339_20080515_03297.tif
  • Billboards advertising gold jewelry.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1223041.JPG
  • Billboards advertising gold jewelry.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1223040.JPG
  • Early morning before mass-market jewelry artisanal factories open. This is the area that has goldsmith's workshops in Kolkata.
    MM7339_20080515_03471.tif
  • Mass-market jewelry takes shape at a goldsmith's workshop in Kolkata.
    MM7339_20080515_03454.tif
  • Mass-market jewelry takes shape at a goldsmith's workshop in Bangalore.
    MM7339_20070918_00277.tif
  • A sculpture of a wrestler, created for the Los Angeles 1932 Olympics.
    MELISSA FARLOW_MT5959_1312346.jpg
  • The gold vault at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1223063.TIF
  • Women wait to view a display of jewelry made for a Bollywood movie.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1223057.TIF
  • Signs advertising gold jewelry.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1223036.JPG
  • Billboards advertising gold jewelry.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1223034.TIF
  • The gold vault at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1222989.JPG
  • The gold vault at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1222951.JPG
  • Mass-market jewelry takes shape at a goldsmith's workshop in Kolkata.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1198353.TIF
  • The gold vault at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1198346.TIF
  • Billboards advertising gold wedding jewelry.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1198344.TIF
  • Mass-market jewelry takes shape at a goldsmith's workshop in Kolkata.
    MM7339_20080515_04729.tif
  • The gold vault at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
    MM7339_20080621_06827.tif
  • Billboards advertising gold jewelry.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1223042.TIF
  • Billboards advertising gold jewelry.
    RANDY OLSON_MM7339_1223023.TIF
  • A fourth-century B.C. Sinop coin depicts an eagle clutching a dolphin, a symbol of this port where mountains meet the sea.
    RANDY OLSON_MM6689_679157.JPG
  • A fourth-century B.C. Greek coin
    RANDY OLSON_MM6689_702588_13.TIF
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