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#47: Interview: The Copper Mines of Ancient Edom

#47: Interview: The Copper Mines of Ancient Edom

Update: 2025-02-12
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The Bible says King Solomon possessed such quantities of bronze (an alloy of copper and tin) that it became a common material, not worthy of being enumerated. From where did Solomon acquire such vast supplies of copper?


Let the Stones Speak co-host Christopher Eames interviewed Prof. Erez Ben-Yosef, director of excavations at Timna, to discuss the copper mines of Israel’s united monarchy.


Copper Mines of the United Monarchy


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#47: Interview: The Copper Mines of Ancient Edom

#47: Interview: The Copper Mines of Ancient Edom