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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

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...

...Wilfried Menghin, the director of the Berlin Museum... carrying out detailed research on a 3,000-year-old 30in high Bronze Age cone of beaten gold that was discovered in Switzerland in 1995...

...discovered that the 1,739 sun and half-moon symbols decorating the Berlin cone's surface make up a scientific code which corresponds almost exactly to the "Metonic cycle" discovered by the Greek astronomer Meton in 432bc - about 500 years after the cone was made -- which explains the relationship between moon and sun years.

"The symbols on the hat are a logarithmic table which enables the movements of the sun and the moon to be calculated in advance," Mr Menghin said...

Another cone, found near the German town of Schifferstadt in 1835, had a chin strap attached to it. The cone, which is also studded with sun and moon symbols, is the earliest example found and dates back to 1,300bc.

Other German archaeologists have suggested that the gold-hatted king-priests were to be found across much of prehistoric Europe. Prof Sabine Gerloff, a German archaeologist from Erlangen University, has found evidence that five similar golden cones were exhumed by peat diggers in Ireland during the 17th and 18th centuries.

These objects, described at the time as "vases", have disappeared. Prof Gerloff says, however, that her research suggests almost conclusively that they were hats worn by Bronze Age king-priests.

She is also convinced that a Bronze Age cape of beaten gold - the "Gold Cape of Mold" discovered in Wales in 1831 - was part of a king-priest's ceremonial dress.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: astronomy; bronzeage; coneheads; cones; godsgravesglyphs; gold; nebradisc; nebradisk; nebraskydisc; nebraskydisk; science; wizards
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To: SunkenCiv

There’s a fine line between dunce cap & wizard hat.

“A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.”

- Shakespeare


21 posted on 10/14/2018 6:58:19 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: SunkenCiv
Mickey Mouse as the Apprentice photo Mickey_Mouse_28Disney_Mascot29.gif
22 posted on 10/14/2018 7:06:16 AM PDT by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting)
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To: SunkenCiv

Very interesting.


23 posted on 10/14/2018 7:24:20 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: drpix

Strange how they look like rockets.


24 posted on 10/14/2018 7:24:46 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: SunkenCiv

25 posted on 10/14/2018 7:25:35 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Probably served the same function as these items of headgear:


26 posted on 10/14/2018 7:30:26 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: drpix

and then the Pocket Calendar was invented ,LOL


27 posted on 10/14/2018 7:32:00 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Duchess47

You would think with today’s Technology they could include pictures in news articles. This isn’t the 1800s.


28 posted on 10/14/2018 7:55:09 AM PDT by democratsaremyenemy (Streepisacreep)
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To: Vaduz
"Strange how they look like rockets."


29 posted on 10/14/2018 8:00:10 AM PDT by fidelis (Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
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To: fidelis

Or a woman’s toy?


30 posted on 10/14/2018 8:07:29 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Dave's Site


...discovered that the 1,739 sun and half-moon symbols decorating the Berlin cone's surface make up a scientific code

Like This?
31 posted on 10/14/2018 8:12:17 AM PDT by RedMonqey ("Those who turn their arms in for plowshares will be doing the plowing for those who didn't.")
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To: equaviator

Right... they tracked the position of the moon and stars over time... there is no indication they predicted anything or were aware of any relationships that people who came later discovered.


32 posted on 10/14/2018 9:22:30 AM PDT by willyd (I for one welcome our NSA overlords)
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To: drpix
These mummies in China had tall felt hats like those bronze ones:

The Curse Of The Red-Headed Mummy

33 posted on 10/14/2018 9:45:51 AM PDT by blam
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To: BenLurkin

Perfect fit!

34 posted on 10/14/2018 10:49:11 AM PDT by seowulf
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To: blam

Yuyp!


35 posted on 10/14/2018 10:57:22 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: drpix

High status butt plugs.


36 posted on 10/14/2018 11:14:41 AM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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To: drpix

37 posted on 10/14/2018 12:22:21 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: drpix; Duchess47
There are plenty of photos at the other links posted in #1 and #2.

38 posted on 10/14/2018 12:47:11 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: robowombat; equaviator; wastoute
Decorating a victim with something before you kill them -- auto-de-fe -- is similar to what the Nazis did in the Holocaust, and both were pure evii.

This is not the religion forum.

This has nothing to do with global warming.

39 posted on 10/14/2018 12:53:37 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: SunkenCiv

Thanks.


40 posted on 10/14/2018 1:15:02 PM PDT by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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