a center of the copper trade, which was the island’s main source of wealth. Unlike the nearby ancient city of Salamis whose Roman ruins stand to this day (not to be confused with the Island of ...
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Geochemical surveys reveal ancient copper industry in King Solomon's mines did not pollute environmentThe new study contradicts a series of papers published since the 1990s about pollution caused allegedly by the ancient copper industry. Prof. Ben-Yosef explains, "We demonstrate that this is not true.
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Ancient copper smelting at ‘King Solomon’s mines’ was less toxic than today’s industryErez Ben-Yosef of Tel Aviv University and his team, has shown that metal pollution as a result of the ancient copper industry was minimal. Most of “the population in the past, and today ...
Buried below the ancient ruins is a lode of copper ore that extends two and a half miles across and runs a mile or more into the Baba Wali mountain, which dominates the site. It ranks as one of ...
Hyderabad: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has made a significant discovery at the Srisailam Temple in Andhra Pradesh, uncovering several copper plates and other ancient inscriptions in ...
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