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Erez Ben-Yosef

The archaeological site of el-Ahwat, roughly 20 kilometers (12 miles) east of Caesarea, in September 2024. (Aaron Lipkin)
August 26, 2025, 1:07 pm
Were King David’s Israelites the first Startup Nation? Bronze bonanza spotlights tech skills
Earliest evidence of bronze production in Southern Levant from 3,000 years ago indicates use of local copper from Arava desert, possibly during United Monarchy of Judah and Israel
By Rossella Tercatin
Taking samples at copper production sites in the Timna Valley, in an image released on December 23, 2024. (courtesy TAU)
December 25, 2024, 1:20 am
Ancient copper smelting at ‘King Solomon’s mines’ was less toxic than today’s industry
Soil samples from Timna show that previous studies have exaggerated the environmental impact of the mining industry in antiquity, Tel Aviv University research team finds
By Gavriel Fiske
Tel Aviv University Prof. Erez Ben-Yosef at Timna National Park. (Courtesy)
September 29, 2023, 8:09 am
What Matters Now to archaeologist Erez Ben-Yosef: King David’s tent-dwelling monarchy
The Tel Aviv University professor proposes that just because early Israelite kings were nomadic doesn’t mean they didn’t control complex societies. ‘Look at Genghis Khan’
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Copper slag found at the Neveh Noy excavation in Beersheba. (Anat Rasiuk/Israel Antiquities Authority)
October 4, 2020, 12:21 am
6,500-year-old metalworkers: Humanity’s 1st smelting furnaces found in Israel?
Scientific study of traces of copper furnaces near Beersheba shows necessity was not the mother of invention, but rather human intellectual curiosity — and the desire to show off
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Excavations of ancient copper mines as part of Tel Aviv University’s Central Timna Valley Project. (E. Ben-Yosef and the Central Timna Valley Project)
September 18, 2019, 9:33 pm
Bible-era nomadic Edomite tribesmen were actually hi-tech copper mavens
Advances in copper mining in southern Israel’s Arava Valley in 11th century BCE, after infusion of Egyptian know-how, help explain emergence of Edomite kingdom, study finds
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Fine wool textile dyed red and blue. The textile used the varying colors of natural animal hair to create black and orange-brown colors for decorative bands. (Clara Amit/Israel Antiquities Authority)
February 24, 2016, 6:57 pm
Where Solomon mined, 3,000-year-old ‘fashion collection’ unearthed
Fabrics with ‘complex designs and beautiful dyes,’ preserved by uniquely arid conditions, found in Timna in southern Israel
By Raoul Wootliff
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