REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS: Excavations at Politico - Phorades completed

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M2 PRESSWIRE-2 June 1998-REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS: Excavations at Politico - Phorades completed (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:020698 Another excavation season at Politico - Phorades was completed, the Department of Antiquities announced yesterday. The excavations were carried out by Dr. A.

Bernard Knopp, M Donnelly of the University of Glasgow and Dr. V. Kassianidou of the University of Cyprus. Phorades was a small copper- smelting workshop. As in previous years, large quantities of slag were recovered along with large fragments of furnace-lining. The slags recovered are considered to be unique as is the furnace-lining. The slags consist of large plano-concave slag cakes with a flat top surface, an estimated diameter of 44 cm and an estimated weight of 15-20...