As one origin legend goes, 4 billion years ago a giant asteroid strike showered the planet with gold deposits that settled in its core. For millennia since, gold has empowered nations, incited wars, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate Matthams Spencer is a Paris-based writer who covers jewelry. A hand-blown glass bubble containing a pearl keepsake, makes for ...

Like a treasure hunter, Dorcas Egede went out in search of goldsmiths, a set of professionals who seems to have literally disappeared from the face of the earth. But she did come back with interesting ...