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Surroundings:

Shrine East to the copper workshopTimna, copper workshopTimna, Rocks with drawingsTimna, Hathor TempleRock engraving, nursing scene

Location:

  • Israel, Elifaz
  • geo:29.783724,34.948898
  • Location ± 25-100 m.

Class:

  • Workshop or industry
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=29200

Annotations

The Timna copper mine was used at least from the beginnings of the XIII century tothe tiome of Ramses V (1145-1141)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
  2. http://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-timna.htm
  3. http://www.biblewalks.com/Sites/Timna.html
  4. Edward Lipiński, The Aramaeans: Their Ancient History, Culture, Religion, Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 100, Peeters Publishers & Booksellers 2000, p. 33

References

  1. E. Lipiński, 2000, p.33


Nearby

Timna, Temple

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

Timna Valley

Ancient copper workshop

Timna Valley, Slaves' Hill (1 km)

The site of miners` camp.


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