When workmen absolutely broke into the ancient burial mound in 1833, they couldn’t believe what they’d found. It turned out the site was a literal treasure trove of ancient artifacts, the most impressive of which was a solid gold artifact known as the Mold Gold Cape.
~Robbie Mitchell
For Art Thursday, a prehistoric gold cape discovered in 1833 in a Mold, Wales burial mound. The cape is small enough that it could have been made for a woman or a teenage boy.
The Mold gold cape. Bronze Age, about 1900-1600 BC/ From Mold, Flintshire, North Wales
photo by David Monniaux
A song about an imagined wearer of the cape...Edie Brickell and Steve Martin:
2 comments:
Fascinating. Such an intricate piece and quite beautiful. The one thing that keeps twirling around in my head is that it started out as a chunk of gold the size of a golf ball!
Tabatha!
I want you for my geography, history & artifacts teacher!
Such an unusual set of facts about an embossed gold piece of apparently, clothing.
It must have hurt! At least on my shoulder blades, it would. The way Medieval armor would.
This makes me so curious, thinking about the original gold "deposit" to knowif there was ever a ceremony or a few words said, about breaking into the tomb.
It's so odd it was a road-building accident The folks there don't suspect when they see these mounds, there could be an amazing historic item inside....I would think so...]
In any event, a truly amazing ponder item for a long time.
Luv all your links & your sharing.
Happy 1st weekend of 2024 Poetry Month!
Jan/Bookseedstudio
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