Chrysopoeia

thumb|Ouroboros (representation of a serpent eating its own tail) with the words , '' ("the all is one") from the Chrysopoeia of [[Cleopatra the Alchemist'' in the 3rd or 4th century]]

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Other images from the ''Chrysopoeia of Cleopatra''
Modern synthesis of gold atoms
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thumb|Ouroboros (representation of a serpent eating its own tail) with the words , '' ("the all is one") from the Chrysopoeia of [[Cleopatra the Alchemist in the 3rd or 4th century]]

In alchemy, the term chrysopoeia () refers to the artificial production of gold, most commonly by the alleged transmutation of base metals such as lead.