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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 426

Erez Ben-Yosef

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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