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Mysterious gold cones 'hats of ancient wizards'
Telegraph UK ^ | St Patrrick's Day, 2002 | Tony Paterson in Berlin

Posted on 10/13/2018 11:15:53 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

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The Mold Cape, found in Wales and the four gold hats look as if they belong together. The cape and hats were all made from a single sheet of gold, and all share a similar pattern of decoration. The cape dates from about 1900-1600 BCE, and the hats date from 1400-800 BCE Despite the time difference between the hats and the cape, the similarities indicate a shared culture and knowledge. [Jaunting Jen 'blog, pic attributed to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mold_cape]

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mold_cape]

1 posted on 10/13/2018 11:15:53 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: Sawdring; blam; Fred Nerks

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2 posted on 10/13/2018 11:19:58 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: SunkenCiv

That is one of the most beautiful objects I have ever seen.


3 posted on 10/13/2018 11:21:20 PM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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To: SunkenCiv

4 posted on 10/13/2018 11:21:54 PM PDT by rfp1234 (I have already previewed this composition.)
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To: arrogantsob; ETL
I wholeheartedly agree.

5 posted on 10/13/2018 11:24:33 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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6 posted on 10/13/2018 11:25:54 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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7 posted on 10/13/2018 11:27:02 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: SunkenCiv

Gold is heavy. I wonder how much they weighed.


8 posted on 10/13/2018 11:36:41 PM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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I'd venture the guess that they only wore the hat while seated and ready to prognosticate, otherwise it was in their luggage.

9 posted on 10/13/2018 11:39:22 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: Ken H
Gold is heavy.

What weighs more: One pound of gold or one pound of feathers?

Regards,

10 posted on 10/14/2018 12:16:12 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: SunkenCiv
So that is the origin of the conical hates decorated with zodiac signs that sorcerers are always depicted as wearing. Those condemned to the flames at Auto-de-Fe’s also wore conical paper hats decorated with pictures of Satan and flames. A connection would seem suggested as wizardry was a mortal sin and heretical.
11 posted on 10/14/2018 12:30:24 AM PDT by robowombat (Orthodox)
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"The wizards of early Europe wore hats of gold intricately embellished with astrological symbols that helped them to predict the movement of the sun and stars"

No, a hat of gold did not help them or anyone else predict the movement of the sun and stars but if they were alive today they'd still want you to believe it did.
12 posted on 10/14/2018 1:50:15 AM PDT by equaviator (`)
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Exactly. Humans have always believed words can control reality. Global Warming, fer instance.


13 posted on 10/14/2018 3:28:52 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: SunkenCiv
The article's lack of photo(s) was a major shortcoming. I believe these are the hats:

Impressive!

14 posted on 10/14/2018 3:42:00 AM PDT by drpix
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To: SunkenCiv
The wizards of early Europe wore hats... embellished with astrological symbols


15 posted on 10/14/2018 3:54:12 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (The art of lock picking began during the era of chastity belts.......)
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To: drpix

Thank you for the photo, I was trying to figure out how to find one of the hats.

Very impressive.


16 posted on 10/14/2018 3:55:01 AM PDT by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: SunkenCiv

I’m reading an interesting book called Discovery of Middle Earth by Graham Robb.

Its a story of the celts. The book ties them to the ancient greeks. their gods were very similiar. Hercules was central to them. the druids were not just a blood sacrifice cult. they were also hugely scientific. their astronomical formulas were much similar to the hats mentioned here. julius caesar was able to easily make his way through gaul and england because the roads were all already neatly laid out.

the interesting thing here is that this books dates the celtic civilization to only about 600 bc. they were invaders who mixed with the locals. (unlike the germans who had lived in the forests for a long time.)

these discoveries make it sound like the locals were already pretty advanced when the celts arrived


17 posted on 10/14/2018 5:17:24 AM PDT by ckilmer
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To: drpix; SunkenCiv

Those hats also look a lot like Sumerian shems. The article and comments here focused mainly on the astrological signs and figures on them, but not so much on their shapes.


18 posted on 10/14/2018 5:38:00 AM PDT by tarheelswamprat
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To: drpix

That photo didn’t come from an adult products catalog?


19 posted on 10/14/2018 5:42:18 AM PDT by I-ambush
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To: alexander_busek

Feathers is heavier, Gold is measured in “troy” oz. (12 oz =1 lb)which is lighter than feathers (16 oz=1 lb).


20 posted on 10/14/2018 6:54:22 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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