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Ancient copper smelting at ‘King Solomon’s mines’ was less toxic than today’s industry
His son King Solomon utilized immense quantities of copper for building the Jerusalem Temple, which was likely sourced in the Timna Valley. Previous research at Timna has uncovered cloth scraps ...
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Tiny First Temple-era Phoenician pendant is ‘earliest gold artifact’ found in Jerusalem
the time of King Solomon,” Nagtegaal claimed in an article announcing the research Monday. Biblical archaeologists are keen to place Phoenicians in Jerusalem during the First Temple period and ...