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Oct 21 Blog

How the Timna Mines Went Bust

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

For thousands of years the minerally rich Timna mines, in southern Israel, produces massive quantities of copper ore. Yet, in the early Iron Age, the […]

Jun 15 Blog

Eleazar in the Bible

By: Robin Gallaher Branch

Eleazar, Aaron’s son and successor as high priest, witnessed some of the most dramatic events in Israel’s early history. Mentioned more than 60 times […]

Aug 5 Blog

From Judah to Edom

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

According to a scholarly article published in Palestine Exploration Quarterly, the biblical “Road of Edom,” mentioned in 2 Kings 3, may have been discovered. The proposal follows the recent excavation of Gorer Tower, a Judean outpost in the Judean Desert that archaeologists date to the Iron Age II period (c. 1000–586 B.C.E.). Based on the excavation, the team, led by archaeologists from Ben-Gurion University and the Israel Antiquities Authority, has proposed a new reconstruction of the ancient road system that connected the kingdoms of Judah, Edom, and Moab.

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How the Timna Mines Went Bust

Eleazar in the Bible

From Judah to Edom

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