dating to King David

BYDANIEL K. EISENBUD 15 JANUARY 2017 18:23

A recently unearthed ancient copper-smelting site, numerous sling stones and the remains of a deeply fortified wall found in the Negev’s Timna region by archeologists may buttress the biblical story of King David’s military victory over the Kingdom of Edom.

The archeological team, led by Tel Aviv University’s Dr. Erez Ben-Yosef, first found a wall of the 10th-century BCE copper-smelting site near Timna Park in the southern desert where the world’s first copper mine is believed to have been located.

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