About Black & Gold
History. Wealth. Travel.
Black & Gold is an educational and commercial platform built around three interconnected ideas: understanding history, building and preserving wealth, and experiencing the places where history was made.
Our work brings together the study of ancient Kemet and the African world, practical education about gold and silver, books and cultural resources, and educational travel throughout Egypt.
These subjects are not separate.
History teaches us how societies create, preserve, and lose power. Economics teaches us how wealth is created, stored, transferred, and protected. Travel allows us to encounter history directly rather than experiencing it only through books, classrooms, or screens.
Black & Gold exists at the intersection of all three.
History You Can Build On
A serious understanding of history should do more than tell us what happened in the past. It should sharpen the way we understand the present.
Through books, lectures, articles, videos, and discussions, Black & Gold explores the history of Kemet, Nubia, the African Diaspora, economics, religion, political power, and the long relationship between knowledge and ownership.
Our goal is not simply to admire ancient civilizations. It is to understand how civilizations functioned, what sustained them, what weakened them, and what their experiences can teach us today.
Wealth You Can Hold
Black & Gold also provides education and personalized assistance for people interested in acquiring physical gold and silver.
Rather than operating as a conventional online bullion store, our Precious Metals Acquisition and Liquidity Service is consultation based. Clients can discuss their goals, evaluate appropriate bullion products, and receive assistance with acquiring precious metals through established sources.
The emphasis is on understanding what you own, why you own it, what it costs, and how it may fit into a broader strategy for preserving wealth.
Experience Egypt
Some history has to be experienced in person.
Black & Gold offers educational travel experiences in Egypt designed to move beyond ordinary sightseeing. Travelers encounter the monuments, museums, landscapes, ideas, and historical questions of Kemet while learning in the places where that history unfolded.
From Giza and Saqqara to Luxor, Abydos, Aswan, Nubia, and beyond, these experiences combine travel with serious historical engagement.
Books, Art & Cultural Resources
Black & Gold also offers books, papyri, art, and other resources connected to the history and culture explored throughout the platform.
These materials provide additional ways to study, remember, discuss, and share the ideas that inform our work.
About the Founder
Perry Kyles, PhD is a historian, educator, author, and lecturer whose work focuses on African Diaspora history, ancient Kemet, and economic history.
His books and presentations examine subjects ranging from ancient Egyptian civilization and African history to banking, gold, economic power, and the historical relationship between knowledge and ownership.
Black & Gold brings those areas of work together in one place.
The Meaning of Black & Gold
Black represents origin, foundation, creation, and history.
Gold represents value, preservation, endurance, and wealth.
Together, Black & Gold expresses a simple idea:
Know the history. Understand the value. Build something that lasts.
Whether you come here to study Kemet, acquire precious metals, read a book, experience Egypt, or explore a new idea, you are invited to go deeper.
History. Wealth. Travel.