Rich Bronze Age Burials

Archaeologists excavating two tombs at the site of Hala Sultan Tekke, on the southern coast of Cyprus, unearthed a magnificent trove of more than 500 items dating to the 14th century BCE, including bronze weapons, fine ceramics, semiprecious stones, and various ivory and metal objects. About half the items—or the materials used to make them—were imported from other lands: gold and ivory came from Egypt, turquoise from the Sinai Peninsula, lapis lazuli and carnelian from central and south Asia, and amber from the Baltic region far to the north. The pottery came from Mycenean Greece, Anatolia, Egypt, and the Levant. […]