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Jul 11 Blog

Tarshish: Hacksilber Hoards Pinpoint Solomon’s Silver Source

What is the location of Tarshish, the Biblical source of the Phoenician silver trade? A Hacksilber Project study points to Spain and Sardinia as the Biblical world’s source of silver in the 10th century B.C.E., lending scientific credence to textual associations between Biblical Tarshish and modern Sardinia.

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