The findings match those previously recorded from the Wadi Faynan region of Jordan. In that study—led from the Hebrew ...

Much like mines in the modern age, scholars have long assumed that ancient mining and metallurgy were highly toxic and ...

The environmental pollution generated by ancient copper production was far less severe than previously thought.

A new study from Tel Aviv University overturns prevailing scientific beliefs that King Solomon’s mines not only harmed the ...

(This program is no longer available for streaming.) Countless treasure-seekers have set off in search of King Solomon's mines, trekking through burning deserts and scaling the forbidding ...

First transmitted in 1958, Sir Mortimer Wheeler explores the stone ruins of Great Zimbabwe, once thought to be the source of King Solomon's gold. Show more First transmitted in 1958, Sir Mortimer ...

“We inspected two major copper production sites in the Timna Valley, one from the Iron Age and King Solomon’s era and another nearby that is about 1,500 years older,” says Prof. Erez Ben-Yosef.