Mold gold cape
c. 1900-1600 BC · Resource
A ceremonial shoulder cape beaten from a single sheet of gold, found in a Bronze Age burial at Mold in Wales. One of the finest examples of prehistoric sheet-gold work in Europe.
On these timelines: British Museum, Resources: Combined
Around 1750 BCE
- Minoan civilisation flourishes on Crete (2000 BCE)
- Mycenaean civilisation rises (1600 BCE)
- Shang dynasty (1600 BCE)
- Abraham (1813 BCE)
- New Kingdom of Egypt (1550 BCE)
- Indus Valley Civilisation ends (1900 BCE)
- Rigveda compiled (1500 BCE)
- Maya civilisation (2000 BCE)
- Eruption of Thera (1600 BCE)
- Phoenician civilisation (1500 BCE)