Timna valley
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Key facts
- Location
- Aravah Desert , Southern District , Israel
- Area
- 42,000 dunams
- Established
- 2002 (as a nature reserve)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- valley
- Country
- Israel
- Located in
- Southern District
- Official website
- www.parktimna.co.il
- Image
- Mushroom in Timna Park in summer 2011 (1).JPG
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- Commons category
- Timna valley
- heritage designation
- Tentative World Heritage Site
- culture
- Ancient Egypt
- different from
- Timna
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Encyclopedic overview
Panoramic view of Timna Valley
The Timna Valley (תִּמְנָע, Hebrew pronunciation: [timˈna(ʕ)]) is located in southern Israel in the southwestern Arava/Arabah, approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of the Gulf of Aqaba and the city of Eilat. The area is rich in copper ore and has been mined since the 5th millennium BCE. During early antiquity, the area would have been part of the Kingdom of Edom.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Timna valley” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.