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Archaeologists find Solomon's Mine 3,000 years on
Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:37 pm
by Oscar Namechange
Archaeologists find Solomon's Mine 3,000 years on
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 11:28 pm
by cogob
If they had tried to find it with satnav they would have been sent down a dead end!!!!
Archaeologists find Solomon's Mine 3,000 years on
Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 2:18 pm
by Oscar Namechange
cogob;1182184 wrote: If they had tried to find it with satnav they would have been sent down a dead end!!!! I know the feeling. My sat nav sent me to another postcode tonight and i ended up at the gates of a field. Then a farmer came out and told me that i didn't wanna be doing that.
Archaeologists find Solomon's Mine 3,000 years on
Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 5:06 pm
by chonsigirl
Where is Alan Quartermain!
Archaeologists find Solomon's Mine 3,000 years on
Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 9:08 pm
by Sunshine
Oscar, the crystal cave is what I find amazing. It is so beautiful.
Archaeologists find Solomon's Mine 3,000 years on
Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 4:45 am
by spot
On what basis is King Solomon credited with having any mines at all? I don't remember any reference to one in any classical text, neither biblical nor otherwise.
Archaeologists find Solomon's Mine 3,000 years on
Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 1:42 pm
by gmc
spot;1182707 wrote: On what basis is King Solomon credited with having any mines at all? I don't remember any reference to one in any classical text, neither biblical nor otherwise.
No doubt some of the bible scholars will come up with a reference for you. Where do you think all the metal for his weapons came from if not a mine? Copper and tin would be of more use than gold in the bronze age. The tin mines in cornwall are older than that so who knows maybe he used cornish tin to mix with his copper.
Archaeologists find Solomon's Mine 3,000 years on
Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 1:46 pm
by Oscar Namechange
I'm getting quite excited as apparently they are also very close to finding the tomb of Anthony and Cleopatra.
Archaeologists find Solomon's Mine 3,000 years on
Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 2:21 pm
by spot
gmc;1182878 wrote: No doubt some of the bible scholars will come up with a reference for you. Where do you think all the metal for his weapons came from if not a mine? Copper and tin would be of more use than gold in the bronze age. The tin mines in cornwall are older than that so who knows maybe he used cornish tin to mix with his copper.
I doubt it - the biblical reference.
I'm sure any Ancient Near East civilization used metals, of course they did. If they had no mines they traded for it. I stick by my question, I'm still completely in the dark as to why anyone thinks there's classical documentation associating King Solomon with any mine.
Archaeologists find Solomon's Mine 3,000 years on
Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 11:12 am
by daBunnyWendy7
Dear Oscar,
Thank you for sharing this interesting article!!!:)
Archaeologists find Solomon's Mine 3,000 years on
Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 11:33 am
by Oscar Namechange
daBunnyWendy7;1183560 wrote: Dear Oscar,
Thank you for sharing this interesting article!!!:) Your very welcome.
