The Gold Crown of Dae Gaya

The gold crown is a fancy symbol of royal authority.
The globally renowned gold crown belongs to the Scythians of southern Russia.
A similar gold crown was also found in Silla, which was an ancient nation of the Korean Peninsula.
This is why some people speculate that Scythian culture was spread to East Asia.

Also, a number of gold crowns and gilt-bronze crowns were excavated from Dae Gaya.

Let’s first take a look at the gilt-bronze crown.
It has a huge plate on the crown frame. There were onion-shaped branch ornaments coming out from the left and right of the plate. The top of the plate has a big flower bud shape.
This gilt-bronze crown is a prized heritage item of Daegaya Museum.

There’s a small gilt-bronze crown next to it. This crown was excavated along with the skull of a small child. We assume that a child with a high social position used to wear this gilt-bronze crown.

When Dae Gaya just started to grow, these gilt-bronze crowns were produced. When Dae Gaya started to enjoy the power of being a large nation in the 6th century, it started to produce gold crowns. And those gold crowns were excavated here in Goryeong.

The exhibited crown is an accurate duplicate.
Four leaf-shaped decorations are delicately attached to the crown plate by gold threads.

Interestingly, a similar gold crown is housed by a museum in Japan.
A Japanese businessman took it from Korea during the Japanese Colonial Period, and now the crown is exhibited in the Tokyo Museum.