Evidence of production of luxury textiles and the extraction of copper from an unknown part of a Cypriote Bronze Age city
Monday, September 2, 2013 - 11:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A Swedish archaeological expedition has excavated a previously unknown part of the Bronze Age city Hala Sultan Tekke (around 1600-1100 BC). The finds include a facility for extraction of copper and production of bronze objects, evidence of production of luxurious textiles, as well as ceramics and other objects imported from all over the Mediterranean but also from central Europe.