Copper in HistoryFact 5 of 28
Greek soldiers wore bronze armor and wielded bronze weapons. Bronze rams on the prows of their fast galleys helped sink the Persian fleet at the climactic battle of Salamis. The ahead-of-their-times Egyptians performed complex medical operations with copper-alloy instruments, and copper in various forms was a mainstay in their medicine chests. In the ancient world, food was cooked and served in bronze or brass kitchenware. Water was - and still is - stored in copper and brass vessels to prevent growth of pathogens.
