Have They Found King Solomon's Mines?

The Old Testament portrays King Solomon as a man of incredible insight, riches and influence. Jesus Christ talked about him in the Gospels. A current article in Biblical Archeology Review proposed that a first century AD painting portraying his astute judgment has been found in the remnants of Pompeii.

http://historychanneldoc.blogspot.com/2017/05/documentary-2017-why-you-need-to.html, The acclaim of King Solomon has additionally advanced into prominent writing. For example, the British author Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925) distributed an invented novel portraying the experiences of Allan Quatermain, who in the long run finds the mines in South Africa. A few well known movies depend on the book.

Notwithstanding, a few archeologists known as minimalists have questioned the veracity of the Old Testament's depiction of King Solomon. Israel Finkelstein of Tel Aviv University has recommended that the archeological proof does not bolster the scriptural record of Solomon.

Another radiocarbon dating of an old copper smeltery difficulties Finkelstein's claim. As of late, Los Angeles Times investigated a tremendous find that tosses all the more light on the issue. In a paper distributed in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Thomas E. Impose of the University of California, San Diego, who has coordinated the unearthings in Jordan, says a tremendous copper purifying plant found in the scriptural place where there is Edom is no less than 300 years more established than beforehand thought.

While Levy does not state the find demonstrates the veracity of the scriptural record of Solomon, he says, "we've brought exact information that shows we need to reconsider those inquiries. We're back in the ballgame now."

Excavator William Schniedewind underpins Levy. In his view, Levy "is totally right. The logical confirmation is by all accounts going to support him."

While Finkelstein and different minimalists still uncertainty the essentialness of the locate, the new radiocarbon dates square pleasantly with the scriptural dates for King Solomon's rule (971-931 BC).

The site Levy writes about is known as Khirbat en-Nahas or "remains of copper" in Arabic. It is a 24-section of land territory 30 miles south of the Dead Sea and 30 miles north of Petra. It incorporates more than 100 structures. The colossal measure of dark slag, which is up to 20 feet (6 meters) profound, demonstrates that the place was by a wide margin the biggest iron age copper mine.