A study from Tel Aviv University dispelled long-standing myths about King Solomon’s Mines, revealing that ancient copper production in the Timna Valley caused minimal and localized environmental ...

Scientist Mark Miodownik visits the earliest known copper mines in Israel's Timna Valley to explain the discovery of the first metal - copper. Mark shows how copper ore can be heated on an open ...

videoHow was metal discovered? Scientist Mark Miodownik visits the earliest known copper mines in Israel's Timna Valley to explain the discovery of the first metal, copper. How reinforced concrete ...