The National Park Timna Valley is 17 minutes north.
One can make excursions to the hiking trails.
It offers camel rides and tours by jeep.
King Solomon had copper mines formerly.
We built an artificial lake that is very popular.
- Timna Valley
The Timna Valley is located 25 km north of Eilat (Elath).
Not mentioned in the Bible, it was nonetheless used in biblical times to mine copper.
Having an area of 90 km², the Timna Valley is surrounded by high mountains (500-700 m) on each side except the east.
Mount Timna, center, stands at 453 m above the surrounding valley.
The valley is drained by four wadis.
This unique geological formation of its kind was once part of the adjacent mountain.
The fungus was formed by erosion caused by wind and rain storms.
The different layers of rock surroundings consist largely of sandstone, but also contain dolomite, limestone and marl.
Copper was mined in the valley from the Chalcolithic period (around 3500 BC.), Making these the oldest mines in the world.
- Copper Mines
Long ago, an explorer of the area, Nelson Glueck, believed that Solomon mina at Timna.
Archaeological investigations Glueck concluded after an absence of mining activity during the time of Solomon.
However, the latest research suggests that the ultimate production was under the reign of Solomon, possibly by his subjects Edomites.
Copper was mined here during the Chalcolithic period, the Bronze Age, the age of the Late Bronze-Iron II and the Roman period.
The copper ingots produced here were transported to other locations in order to be transformed into tools.
Copper was a metal of very high importance in ancient times because of its use in bronze.
Over 10,000 mining canals were found in the Timna Valley.
An Israeli company, Timna Copper Mines Ltd., mina around until copper prices fall in the 1970s.
The Bible refers to copper and its mining activity in Deuteronomy 8: 9. Job 28: 2, Ezekiel 10:20 p.m., and Luke 21: 2.
- Temple of Hathor
Egyptian minor thirteenth century BC. JC built a temple to the goddess Hathor against the front of Solomon's Pillars.
Excavators discovered hundreds of Egyptian artifacts including seals, jewelry and art objects.
The rectangular temple was perhaps covered with a cloth at the time.
A niche prepared for an idol was also discovered.
Hathor was the Egyptian goddess of love, and was the leader of the minor gods.
Representations of Hathor were found in the art and architecture of the temple.
- Burning bush
What kind of bush growing in the desert could have been on fire without being burned?
One could imagine a bush like this to be a "burning bush."
Exodus 3: 2 "The Lord's angel appeared to him in a flame of fire in a bush.
Moses looked; and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed item. "
- Solomon's Pillars
Solomon's Pillars are natural geological formations that were formed after the fission of these rocks and their erosion by water, separating the "pillar" distinct.
Known as Solomon's Pillars, they have in fact no connection with the biblical king.
An inscription nearby depicts the Egyptian pharaoh Ramses III offering gifts to the goddess Hathor.
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