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King Solomon's Mines (1885) is a popular novel by the English Victorian adventure writer and fabulist Sir H. Rider Haggard. It tells of an expedition through an unexplored region of Africa by a group of adventurers led by Allan Quatermain , searching for the missing brother of one of the party.
- H. Rider Haggard, Eça de Queirós
- 1885
Sep 5, 2013 · These mines, however, weren’t filled with gold–they were extensive copper-smelting plants that Glueck maintained were the true source of Solomon’s wealth. Unable to connect archaeological ...
It stands to reason, then, that a neighboring kingdom would make use of the same source—that the mines could have supplied King Solomon, even if these weren’t exactly “King Solomon’s mines.”
Apr 2, 2017 · NEWS. Found: Fresh Clues to Mystery of King Solomon's Mines. Analysis of 3,000-year-old animal waste confirms that an ancient mining complex in Israel dates to the golden age of the biblical...
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Sep 5, 2013 · AFTAU. Samplings from Israel's Timna Valley have confirmed the connection between ancient copper mines and the era of the biblical King Solomon — but that doesn't necessarily mean they were "King...
Aug 9, 2018 · These mines, however, weren't filled with gold-they were extensive copper-smelting plants that Glueck maintained were the true source of Solomon's wealth. Unable to connect archaeological evidence to biblical accounts, however, modern historians soon began to doubt Glueck's connection of Solomon to the region's copper production.
Sep 21, 2022 · Archaeologists investigating the ancient site now have a new theory about why this happened. Rather than the copper ore becoming tapped out, it appears that the miners overexploited the already sparse desert vegetation for fuel, to the point that the extraction of the mineral became unprofitable.
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