gold hoards
Buried treasure troves
Gold hoards are accumulations of gold—coins, bars, jewelry, or artifacts—deliberately gathered and often hidden or buried.
The term appears most often in archaeology and history, describing ancient treasures discovered centuries after concealment: The Staffordshire Hoard contained over 11 pounds of gold.
Dragons famously sleep on gold hoards in mythology and fantasy literature, making the phrase evocative of jealously guarded wealth.
- treasureValued wealth or keepsake
- buried treasureValuables interred for safekeeping
- treasure chestLocked box for valuables
- dragonLegendary fire-breathing reptile
- dragon's lairMythical beast's dwelling
buried · vault · Fort Knox · pirate · coins · glittering · cache · stash · plunder · ill-gotten gains · king's ransom · riches · chest · hidden cache · ancient · gleaming · miser · leprechaun
- treasure hoardsburied treasure
- Irish AntiquitiesTara, standing stones, dolmens, cairns, ogham stones
- Norse PrehistoryViking Age, Iron Age, Bronze Age, Stone Age, runestones
- archaeologyexcavation, dig site, archaeologist, dig, archaeological digs
- Norse HistoryVikings, longships, rune stones, sagas, Norse gods
gold hoardsliquid assets
Easily convertible wealth
cash flow · money supply · spending money · working capital · petty cash
gold hoardspublic funds
Government-held monetary resources
communal resources · collective ownership · universal basic income · poverty · destitution
gold hoardspaper money
Currency in bill form
fiat currency · digital currency · cryptocurrency · perishable goods
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