Tag: Timna Valley
Israeli Scientists Find Manmade Environmental Destruction Not New
"The damage was caused through overexploitation. . .Three thousand years later, the local environment still hasn't recovered from the crisis."
Israeli Archaeologists Offer Glimpse into King David and King Solomon’s Wardrobe
"The color immediately attracted our attention, but it was hard to believe we had found true purple from such an ancient era.”
Ramon International Airport
Photos from the construction of the Ramon International Airport in Timna valley, in southern Israel.
Pregnant Egyptian Woman’s Remains Discovered in King Solomon’s Mines
The TAU team dug up the remains of the skeleton several hundred feet from an Egyptian temple, suggesting she may have been a musician or a singer.
Evidence of Plant Dyes Found in King Solomon Era Textiles
The textiles date to King Solomon’s reign, in the Iron Age (eleventh–tenth centuries BCE), and some are decorated with a red-and-blue bands pattern.
3,000-Yr-Old Timna Valley Gatehouse Dates Back to Kings David and Solomon [video]
Tel Aviv University archaeology team confirms donkey stables, livestock pens in Timna date back to the time of Kings David and Solomon.