A study from Tel Aviv University dispelled long-standing myths about King Solomon’s Mines, revealing that ancient copper production in the Timna Valley caused minimal and localized environmental harm, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1934, an archaeologist was digging in the Timna Valley in the sweltering heat of southern Israel. He was trying to prove that ...

Tel Aviv University researchers have found that the ancient copper industry in Timna was “not managed in a sustainable manner,” with overexploitation of local vegetation eventually leading to the ...

The skeleton of a pregnant woman, dating back around 3,200 years, has been found near a temple dedicated to the Egyptian goddess Hathor at a place that was once called King Solomon's Mines, ...

New archaeological finds, including date and olive pits, have backed up the biblical narrative according to which the Timna copper mines in the south of Israel were active during the reign of King ...

Metalworkers who did skilled labor at biblical-era copper mines in modern-day Israel were rewarded for their efforts with well-rounded meals, new research suggests. The metalworkers' diet included ...

A new publication from Israel's Tel Aviv University explains how 11th-ninth century BCE environmental exploitation has continued to affect the country's southern desert region. Researchers, in a study ...

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New discoveries at Tel Aviv University's Timna Valley excavation have revealed intact defensive structures and livestock pens that provide insight into the complexity of Iron Age copper production.

New findings from an archaeological excavation led this winter by Dr. Erez Ben-Yosef of Tel Aviv University's Jacob M. Alkow Department of Archaeology and Near Eastern Cultures prove that copper mines ...

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