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Tom Metcalfe

Elite Bronze Age tombs laden with gold and precious stones are 'among the richest ever found in the Mediterranean'

We see a pure gold headband close up with the image of a bull with horns.

Hundreds of ancient artifacts, including headbands of pure gold, have been unearthed from elite Bronze Age tombs on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus.

The finds show the great wealth of the people buried there, which was based on the island's trade in copper — a crucial metal at that time that was used to make bronze. 

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