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Period: Mar 28, 1000 to
From 3000 B.C. to 1833 The Cape is buried in a grave
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Mold Gold Cape
A History of the World in 100 ObjectsThis gold cape was originally found in a grave in North Wales. It has been crafted from a single gold ingot beaten to a breathtakingly thin sheet. We do not know who wore the cape but it could only fit a slim woman or child. Whoever wore it must also have possessed great power and wealth. This wealth may have been generated by the nearby Great Orme - the largest copper mine in north-west Europe. This would have been a major trading centre for prehistoric communities. -
Reverend C.B. Clough writes about the find
The isolated location of the burial site, near the village of Mold, not far from the north coast of Wales, meant that the wider world could easily have continued in ignorance of its existence. That this didn't happen, owes everything to the curiosity of a local vicar, Reverend C.B. Clough, who wrote an accisolated location of the burial site, near the village of Mold, not far from the north coast of Wales, meant that the wider world could easily have continued in ignorance of its existence. -
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The Britsih Museum purchase the pieces
The British MuseumOver a period of nearly a hundred years The British Museum start to purchase the pieces. -
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The cape is reassembled and restored
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Tallis Lab - Past, Present & Future
A group of students in Year 8 and Year 9 at Thomas Tallis school get started on a new project called Past, Present and Future.
