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A classic adventure novel by H. Rider Haggard about an expedition to find the lost mines of King Solomon in Africa. Learn about the background, plot, characters and legacy of this influential work of fiction.
- H. Rider Haggard, Eça de Queirós
- 1885
With Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, Herbert Lom, John Rhys-Davies. Fortune hunter Allan Quatermain teams up with a resourceful woman to help her find her missing father lost in the wilds of 1900s Africa while being pursued by hostile tribes and a rival German explorer.
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- Action, Adventure, Comedy
- J. Lee Thompson
- 1985-11-22
King Solomon's Mines: With Patrick Swayze, Alison Doody, Roy Marsden, John Standing. An adventurous quest for a treasure hidden in King Solomon's mines, based on H. Rider Haggard's timeless tale.
- (4K)
- 2004-06-06
- Action, Adventure, Fantasy
- 87
A group of men led by Allan Quatermain search for a lost friend and a lost treasure in Africa, facing dangers and mysteries along the way. This 1885 book is the first in a series of Quatermain stories and a pioneer of the Lost World genre.
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- Paperback
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- Evidence of Long Distance Trade
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Analysis of 3,000-year-old animal waste confirms that an ancient mining complex in Israel dates to the golden age of the biblical monarch.
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Manure preserved for millennia by the arid climate of Israel’s Timna Valley is adding fresh fuel to a long-simmering debate about the biblical king Solomon and the source of his legendary wealth.
Archaeologists discovered the 3,000-year-old dung in an ancient mining camp atop a sandstone mesa known as Slaves’ Hill. The area is dotted with copper mines and smelting camps—sites where the ore was heated and turned into metal.
University of Tel Aviv archaeologist Erez Ben-Yosef began excavating the site in 2013. Last year he and his team were uncovering the remains of several walled structures, including a fortified gate, when they discovered what appeared to be animal excrement of relatively recent origin.
“We thought maybe some nomads had camped there with their goats a few decades ago,” Ben-Yosef said, noting that the dung still contained undecayed plant matter. “But the [radiocarbon] dates came back from the lab, and they confirmed we were talking about donkeys and other livestock from the 10th century B.C. It was hard to believe.”
The dung samples included seeds and pollen spores so intact that Ben-Yosef’s team was able to determine the animals’ diet, which yielded another surprise: The feed was imported from an area more than 100 miles to the north, close to the Mediterranean coast. The distance to Jerusalem is about 190 miles (300 kilometers), a two week trip by donkey in ancient times.
Long distance trade was key to survival at this remote site surrounded by barren desert. Every necessity had to be hauled in on donkeys—even the nearest water source was 12 miles away—making this a complex and costly undertaking.
“Metal in this period was an essential product, similar to the oil of today,” Ben-Yosef says. “So it was worth these peoples’ while to invest so much in this operation in the middle of the desert.”
More than 1,000 tons of smelting debris have been uncovered on Slaves’ Hill, Ben-Yosef says, indicating industrial-scale production worthy of an ancient state or kingdom. Whether the Israelites or Edomites achieved such a level of development during the 10th century B.C. remains a hotly debated question, but Ben-Yosef is encouraged by the new finds, which were published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports.
Archaeologists discovered 3,000-year-old donkey dung in an ancient mining camp atop a sandstone mesa in Israel's Timna Valley. The radiocarbon dating of the dung confirms that the site dates to the 10th century B.C., the era of the biblical kings David and Solomon.
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May 1, 2000 · A classic adventure novel about a search for a lost treasure in Africa. Read online or download for free in various formats, including EPUB, Kindle, and HTML.
A classic adventure film based on H. Rider Haggard's novel, starring Deborah Kerr and Stewart Granger as a couple searching for a missing explorer in Africa. IMDb provides cast and crew details, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this Oscar-winning epic.
