Comments by "TheEvertw" (@TheEvertw) on "The Mysterious Golden Hats of Bronze Age Europe" video.

Again an awesome video. These must have somehow been the inspiration of that stereotypical image of the witch's pointy hat. I assumed that source would have been medieval, but it seems it was far, far older. Making these hats is a extremely impressive feat of metalwork. They must have been supported from the inside while they were hammered, but only along part of the circle -- otherwise you wouldn't be able to get the template out again. Presumably the repeating patterns were engraved in the template, and the gold hammered over them. Or perhaps there would have been a sequence of patterns, to progressively shape the gold. Whatever the way it was done, extremely impressive work.
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