Scientists from Tel Aviv University have conducted geochemical surveys at two smelting camps — dating back to the 10th century BCE, the era of the Biblical Kings David and Solomon — in Timna Valley in the Southern Arabah, southern Israel. They’ve found that the environmental pollution resulting from copper production was minimal and spatially restricted, posing no danger to the region’s inhabitants either in the past or today.
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