Bronze Age Tombs Containing Luxury Goods Unearthed in Cyprus - Archaeology Magazine

Bronze Age Tombs Containing Luxury Goods Unearthed in Cyprus - Archaeology Magazine

Mycenaean krater with octopus decoration LARNAKA, CYPRUS—Kathimerini Cyprus reports that chamber tombs dated to the fourteenth century B.C. have been uncovered at the archaeological site of Hala Sultan Tekke, a Bronze Age port city on the southern coast of Cyprus. Copper mined from the island’s Troodos Mountains was processed locally and shipped out from Hala Sultan Tekke, producing great wealth. Archaeologist Peter M. Fischer of the University …