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Elite Bronze Age tombs laden with gold & precious stones are “among the richest ever found in the Mediterranean”

The obvious wealth of the tombs was based on the local production of copper, which was in great demand at the time to make bronze

Newsroom July 13 09:29

Hundreds of ancient artifacts, including headbands of pure gold, have been unearthed from elite Bronze Age tombs on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus.

The finds show the great wealth of the people buried there, which was based on the island’s trade in copper — a crucial metal at that time that was used to make bronze.

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The artifacts include many imported into Cyprus from other major cultures in the region, including the Minoans on Crete, the Mycenaeans in Greece and the ancient Egyptians.

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