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Chalcolithic copper mine in TimnaChalcolithic copper mine in TimnaTimna, copper workshopTimna, Mining toolsShrine East to the copper workshopTimna, copper workshopTimna, Rocks with drawings

Location:

  • Israel, Be’er Ora
  • geo:29.767912,34.95723
  • Location ± 5-25 m.

Period or year:

  • -1500 / unknown

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=29201

Annotations

The small shrine dedicated to Hathor, the Egyptian goddess of mining, was constructed atop the earlier Chalcolithic temple during the reign of Pharaoh Seti I at the end of the XIVth century BC as a shrine for the Egyptian miners1.

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. Uzi Avner, Egyptian Timna -- Reconsidered in: Ancient Near Eastern Studies Supplement 45, 2014 - https://www.academia.edu/16747614
  3. http://www.biblewalks.com/Sites/SolomonPillars.html

References

  1. Uzi Avner, Egyptian Timna -- Reconsidered in: Ancient Near Eastern Studies Supplement 45, 2014 - https://www.academia.edu/16747614


Nearby

Timna, Rock Engravings

Egyptian rock engravings.

Timna Valley, Slaves' Hill

The site of miners` camp.

Timna Valley, Copper Mine (1 km)

Egyptian copper mine


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