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Timna Park - On the Exodus Route from Egypt?

It is believed that the Israelites came very close to Timna in their desert wanderings. Depending on which Exodus route you follow, they could have been within a few miles of Timna. The park has an excellent video presentation on the three possible Exodus routes - and all five options for which mountain really is Mount Sinai! Jump start your imagination by visiting the life-size reconstruction of the Tabernacle complete with the Ark of the Covenant, as described in Exodus 33:7-11. Timna is also the site of ancient copper mines. The Midianites were extracting and smelting copper here for the Egyptian empire at the same time as the Israelites were slaving away down in Egypt proper, and probably under similar conditions. The ``Mushroom'' rock In an ancient document known as the ``Papyrus Harris'', Ramses III (1184-1153 BCE) in the place called Atika which may be identified with the Arava desert, mentions the copper mines: ``I sent forth my messengers to the country of Atika to the great copper mines which are in this place... mines were found abounding in copper.'' It is likely that the copper for many of the implements of the Tabernacle (Mishkan) came from the Timna copper mines.

Evening tours and camping on the site are available by prior arrangement. Location: Red Sea Desert in the heart of the Arava. 25 km north of Eilat on Route 90. To arrange overnite camping, contact the park at 972(7)631-6756.