Mysterious gold cones 'hats of ancient wizards'

Telegraph UK ^ | St Patrrick's Day, 2002 | Tony Paterson in Berlin

[SunkenCiv]

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]

[SunkenCiv]

http://jauntingjen.com/four-gold-hats-a-bronze-age-mystery/

http://etc.ancient.eu/education/four-gold-hats-a-bronze-age-mystery/

Amateurs Find Bronze Age Treasure Trove (Starmap)
Scotsman.com | 3-7-2002 | Allan Hall
Posted on 3/8/2002 9:22:51 AM by blam
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Barbarians Get Sophisticated (Nebra “Sky Disk”)
US News | 11-16-2003 | Andrew Curry
Posted on 11/16/2003 11:25:46 AM PST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1022905/posts

Earliest Depiction Of A Rainbow Found
Discovery News | 12-21-2004 | Jennifer Viegas
Posted on 12/22/2004 1:12:25 PM by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1306723/posts

Nebra sky disk discarded because of volcanic ash, scientists say By Aug 23, 2010, 15:49 GMT
Deutsche Presse-Agentur | Monday, August 23, 2010 | Thomas Schoene
Posted on 8/23/2010 7:41:32 PM by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2576182/posts

[arrogantsob]

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

[rfp1234]

[SunkenCiv]

I wholeheartedly agree.

[SunkenCiv]

[SunkenCiv]

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/nebraskydisk/index

[Ken H]

Gold is heavy. I wonder how much they weighed.

[SunkenCiv]

I'd venture the guess that they only wore the hat while seated and ready to prognosticate, otherwise it was in their luggage.

[alexander_busek]

Gold is heavy.

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

Regards,

[robowombat]

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.

[equaviator]

"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.

[wastoute]

Exactly. Humans have always believed words can control reality. Global Warming, fer instance.

[drpix]

The article's lack of photo(s) was a major shortcoming. I believe these are the hats:

Impressive!

[Hot Tabasco]

The wizards of early Europe wore hats... embellished with astrological symbols

[Duchess47]

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

Very impressive.

[ckilmer]

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

[tarheelswamprat]

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.

[I-ambush]

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

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

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