timna national park Israel

---

earliest copper mines dating to 3000 by the egyptians and also attributed to King Solomon The Timna Valley is located in southern Israel in the southwestern Arabah, approximately 30 km ( mi) north of the Gulf of Aqaba and the town of Eilat. The area is rich in copper ore, and has been actively mined by humans since the 6th millennium BCE

---

Size: 6144px × 4081px
Location: Arava Israel
Photo credit: © moris kushelevitch / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: african, arava, copper, desert, earliest, edom, eilat, eilot, israel, king, land, mines, mining, queen, red, rift, sandstone, sea, sheba, solomon, syrio, timna, world