Sunday, June 29, 2008

5,000-Year-Old Jewellery Workshop Uncovered in Cyprus

Archaeologists have uncovered what appears to have been a jewellery workshop during excavations at the 5,000-year old Souskiou-Laona settlement (Cyprus). According to the Antiquities Department, a dense concentration of the mineral picrolite in the west ridge of the cliff-top settlement indicates that the spot was a workshop for the production of the cruciform figurines and large pendants..........

Archaeo News

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Fantastic! I like to go there.
I am fascinated by antique and historical jewels.
Like magical MIZPAH.
Thousands of years old and still so wonderful.More about MIZPAH and the woman who re-discovered the true meaning on www.helenalind.comwww.mizpah.tv