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Four tall conical 'golden hats' dating to between 1400 BC and 800 BC, have been found in Central Europe: one find in 1835 near Schifferstadt near Speyer dated to 1400-1300, one fragmentary find in 1844 near Avanton near Poitiers, one at Ezelsdorf near Nürnberg in 1953, dated to 1000-900, and one find of unknown origin, probably from Switzerland or Swabia, bought in 1996 by the National Museum of Berlin, dated to 1000-800. The tallest of these is the Ezelsdorf one, measuring 90 cm.
The hats are associated with the pre-Proto-Celtic Bronze Age Urnfield culture. Their close similarities in symbolism and techniques of manufacture are testimony to a coherent Bronze Age culture over a wide-ranging territory in eastern France and western and southwestern Germany. A comparable golden pectoral was found at Mold, Flintshire, in northern Wales.
The gold hats were first brought together for comparison and set in the broader context of the culture of Bronze Age Europe in a 1999 exhibition in Bonn, ''Gods and heroes of the Bronze Age: Europe in the time of Odysseus'' (link below).

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★ pointy hat

★ horned helmet

★ Nebra skydisk

★ Trundholm sun chariot

★ Tumulus culture

★ Urnfield culture

External links

★ Mathias Schultz, "Der Kult der Sternenmagier"

★ ''Götter und Helden in der Bronzezeit: Europa im Zeitalter des Odysseus'', exhibition, Bonn. 1999. Catalogue introduction, wall panel information: [1] (.doc format)

★ ''Mysterious gold cones 'hats of ancient wizards' '', Daily Telegraph 17 March 2002. Retrieved 15 May 2006.