NOVA — S38E06 — Quest for Solomon's Mines
2010 · 55 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · DIR. Graham Townsley
Overview
Countless treasure-seekers have set off in search of King Solomon's mines, trekking through burning deserts and scaling the forbidding mountains of Africa and the Levant, inspired by the Bible's account of splendid temples and palaces adorned in glittering gold and copper. Yet to date, the evidence that has claimed to support the existence of Solomon and other early kings in the Bible has been highly controversial. In fact, so little physical evidence of the kings who ruled Israel and Edom has been found that many contend that they are no more real than King Arthur. In the summer of 2010, NOVA and National Geographic embarked on two cutting-edge field investigations that illuminate the legend of Solomon and reveal the source of the great wealth that powered the first mighty biblical kingdoms. These groundbreaking expeditions expose important new clues buried in the pockmarked desert of Jordan, including ancient remnants of an industrial-scale copper mine and a 3,000-year-old message with the words "slave," "king," and "judge."
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00:00:02 NARRATOR: King Solomon... son of David,
00:02:39 A star on the stage of the ancient Near East
00:05:05 THOMAS LEVY: Archaeologists and biblical scholars
00:07:39 behind the Edomite kingdom
00:10:03 we have industrial-scale metal production, layer after layer,
00:12:38 is actually taking place
00:15:13 to try and actually reconstruct the technology, step by step
00:17:36 is discovering ancient pollution,
00:20:02 NAJJAR: It's not easy to go down or up
00:23:07 The size of the slag heaps indicates
00:25:15 of the Dead Sea Valley?
00:27:27 NARRATOR: In this political void, new powers emerged
00:29:34 extending here, so that's exciting
00:32:05 He knew that Egypt had collapsed in the 12th century B C,
00:34:00 NARRATOR: This means the mines were operating
00:36:22 For decades, they have searched for evidence
00:38:44 in this time, so to have 1,000 wives,
00:40:39 and you can see these are teeth
00:42:25 Before Yossi can decipher it,
00:44:20 there are three letters, four letters, five letters
00:46:29 SCHNIEDEWIND: This is a very difficult inscription
00:48:40 in the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes
00:50:37 FINKELSTEIN: To put your hand on the copper supply at that time
00:53:21 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access wgbh org
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NOVA, season 38, episode 6: Quest for Solomon's Mines.
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