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The Cultural History of Copper

May 20, 2021
Copper has played an important role in the development of human civilization. Copper was discovered in several sites, and has notable industrial origins in Cyprus whose name comes from those that traded the metal as a commodity. The ancie… Read more »
Roman copper coins

The History of Copper

December 10, 2020
Part 1 None of the great cultures in the period of history before the Middle Ages could have prospered without mastering copper and its metallurgy.  Copper was one of the first metals used by humans, dating back to the Stone Age, the pre… Read more »