Romans called this Cyprium, the metal of Cyprus
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History of Common Metals: Copper, Lead, Iron, Tin, Aluminum  The common metals copper, lead, iron, tin and aluminum have been central to ... Known by the Romans as "cyprium," the metal was named after the island of Cyprus, ... French chemist Guyton de Morveau called the metal "alumni" when he...
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History of Cyprus - Hellenica World  The metal copper is named after Cyprus. Romans received their copper from Cyprus. In Latin it was called aes Cyprium- the 'metal of Cyprus', shortened to...
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Etymology of Cyprus | WordReference Forums  Dec 19, 2007 ... Also, I read somewhere Cyprus was called Katim ( or something alike I can't transliterate it in Latin script) many years ago. .... In Roman times copper was called "Aes Cyprium" which loosely translates to metal of Cyprus.
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CyprusIsland of Copper | Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History ...  Cypriot smiths produced some of the finest bronzework in the eastern Mediterranean ... the Late Cypriot II period, because the metal was valuable and metal objects were ... Department of Greek and Roman Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Knowledge :: Country Guide :: Cyprus - Dimdima  Cyprus is a small island country, smaller than Tripura. ... The Romans who got much of their copper from the island, called the metal Cyprium aes, 'metal of Cyprus'. Cyprium became corrupted to cuprum which in turn gave us the English name...
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Aphrodite - Wikipedia  Aphrodite is usually said to have been born near her chief center of worship, Paphos, on the island of Cyprus, which is why she is sometimes called "Cyprian",...
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Orichalcum - Wikipedia  Orichalcum or aurichalcum is a metal mentioned in several ancient writings, including the story ... In numismatics, orichalcum is the golden-colored bronze alloy used by the Roman Empire for ... However, these usages are difficult to reconcile with the claims of Plato's Critias, who ... A sestertius coin from the time of Caligula.
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coinage - Greek & Roman Mythology - Tools  In ancient times the commonly accepted standard was that of Aegina. ... In later times unwrought copper (oes rude ) given in pieces according to weight, took the ... These were, semis, with the head of Jupiter = 1/2 as or 6 unciae; triens with tthe ... number of gold coins (aureus) equal in weight to 1/40 of the Roman pound,...
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Behind the Name: Meaning, origin and history of the name Cyprian  From the Roman family name Cyprianus which meant "from Cyprus" in Latin. Saint Cyprian was a 3rd-century bishop of Carthage and a martyr under the...
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CyprusIsland of Copper | Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History ...  Cyprus was famous in antiquity for its copper resources. In fact the very word copper is derived from the Greek name for the island, Kupros. Cypriots first worked...
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R3 Edgar Rice Burroughs Library - ERBzine  From ERBzine 0010: "ERB read Greek and Roman mythology in his early days in ... He was elected by the Roman people at the close of a years interregnum, .... later invested his inheritance (his grandfather had died in 1835) and some of his ..... Cyrano helps his inarticulate rival, Christian, win her heart by allowing him to...
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Mercury | Define Mercury at Dictionary.com  Pharmacology. this metal as used in medicine, in the form of various organic and ... (initial capital letter) the ancient Roman god who served as messenger of the gods .... Also called quicksilver, hydrargyrum. a heavy silvery-white toxic liquid...
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The Parts of the Periodic Table - Angelo State University  Derivations of the Names and Symbols of the Elements .... 63, Eu, Europium, Named after the continent of Europe ... 31, Ga, Gallium, Named after the Latin word for France, Gallia (the country in which it was .... 61, Pm, Promethium, Named after the Greek god Prometheus, who stole fire from the gods and gave it to mankind.
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RHEA (Rheia) - Greek Mother of the Gods, Queen of the Titans ...  She was the wife of the Titan Cronus and Queen of Heaven. ... Under the name of Cybele, we find her worship on Mount Sipylus (Paus. v. 13. .... Rhea, Cronus and the Omphalos stone | Greco-Roman marble bas-relief | ... But when she was about to bear Zeus, the father of gods and men, then she besought her own dear...
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Roman Coinage - Ancient History Encyclopedia  Nov 27, 2013 ... These units were quite large as one unit was the equivalent of 324 g. or 11 ... BCE by the brass (copper and zinc) orichalcum sestertius and dupondius (pl. ... quadran (quarter) were now made from copper instead of bronze.
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Chemical Element: silver - Word Information  Modern Latin: from Anglo-Saxon, sealfor, siolfur; the symbol is from Latin argentum, "silver"; metal.
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It's Elemental - The Element Europium  The Periodic Table of Elements ... Named after the continent of Europe. ... Europium was discovered by Eugne-Antole Demaray, a French chemist, in 1896. Demaray suspected that samples of a recently discovered element, samarium, ... from monazite sand ((Ce, La, Th, Nd, Y)PO4), a material rich in rare earth elements.
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Weights, Measures & Coins of the Biblical & Talmudic Periods ...  In Ugaritic it was pronounced kakaru, as has been shown from Akkadian ... The major weight of metal mentioned in the Bible is the shekel, as its name, which ... And in fact, a weight of this sort (one-quarter shekel) is mentioned in I Samuel 9:8. ... Under Persian rule, some forms of Judean coins were minted, imitations of...
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Fun Facts | Vulcan Park & Museum: Birmingham, AL  Vulcan is the Roman god of fire and forge (a forge is a shop with a furnace where metal is ... The red light signaled that there had been a traffic fatality in Birmingham; the ... No original WPA-era landscape records were found and preservationists ... Vulcan is the largest cast iron statue in the world and the largest metal statue...
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J! Archive - Show #3682, aired 2000-09-12  In 44 B.C. the senate of Rome wanted his head -- on all silver coins ... Around 334 B.C. this Macedonian's stater became a world currency...
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--- | Odysseas Gilis ...  The site was occupied from before 3000 BC, but its history is obscure until the .... The name Corfu is an Italian corruption of the Greek coryphai ("crests"). ...... of the unsuccessful conference at Corinth) or by means of merely two speeches (as...