Roman know-how ... and providing more than 25% of the island’s entire annual revenue. Cyprus Mines Corp. exports nearly 1,000,000 tons of copper a year, runs an up-to-date, 65-bed hospital ...

The geopolitical importance of Cyprus has been both a blessing and a curse, sparking centuries of conflict over control of ...

Many historians feel that the most likely candidate for copper-rich Alashiya is in Cyprus ... the island’s main source of wealth. Unlike the nearby ancient city of Salamis whose Roman ruins ...

Alkow Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures, was published recently in the journal Scientific Reports under the title "Pre-Roman copper ... mining, as happened in Cyprus ...