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Surroundings:

Shrine East to the copper workshopTimna, copper workshopTimna, Mining toolsChalcolithic copper mine in TimnaChalcolithic copper mine in TimnaTimna, Rocks with drawingsTimna, Hathor TempleRock engraving, nursing scene

Location:

  • Israel, Elifaz
  • geo:29.784737,34.948277
  • Location ± 25-100 m.

Class:

  • Workshop or industry
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=25479

Annotations

Egyptian copper production site, dates to the XIII-XIIth centuries BC.1

See:

  1. Beno Rothenberg , Timna: Valley of the Biblical Copper Mines, 1969 AD - www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-timna-valley-of-the-biblical-copper-mines-beno-rothenberg-1969ad.htm

References

  1. ↑http://www.biblewalks.com/Sites/Timna.html


Nearby

Timna, Temple

The miners` shrine - early semitic type of the temple.

Timna Valley, Copper Mine

Egyptian copper mine

Timna,The Chariots (1 km)

The cluster of rock engraved drawings.


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