Great RNS4 May 2021 08:19
“The island of Cyprus is so closely associated with copper, that the name “copper” is actually derived from the Greek name for the island, Kupros. Cypriots first used copper to make tools around the 4th millennium BC. At that time copper was not “mined”, rather, pure copper could be found right on the island’s surface. Later, rich copper-bearing ores were discovered on the north slope of the Troodos Mountains which lead to the mining of copper resources in the Bronze Age. “