Timna valley

Timna Park to light up pink for breast cancer awareness

Timna Park will light up the desert in pink as part of the fight against breast cancer.

For the first time, Timna Valley race launched in Southern Israel

The race in Timna Valley included over 500 participants. Following the event, three new running tracks were launched in Timna Park

Solomon's Pillars in Timna Park

Head south to Timna Park and discover a new world

Timna holds great archaeological and biblical significance since it is the site of ancient copper mines believed to have been part of King Solomon’s empire.

Timna Park.

King Solomon’s Mines found

Based on multi-disciplinary investigations, Erez Ben-Yosef concluded that the copper mines at Timna formed part of an extensive economic/industrial system operated by the Edomites.

By DAVID CHUDNOW
24/01/2020
Solomon's Pillars in Timna Park

For Hanukkah, Timna opens doors to amateur excavators

The site contains remains of an ancient Egyptian copper mining industry, and is dotted with workshops, furnaces, tunnels, shrines and mining camps, dated to the 12th and 13th centuries BCE.

Burial mound where archeologists discovered the remains of a pregnant woman in Israel's Southern Tim

Archaeologists discover rare remains of pregnant woman in King Solomon’s Mines

The finding marks the first time archaeologists have discovered female remains in the area.

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