At
the Gulf of Eilath the mountainous land of the desert of Sinai
decends to the Red Sea from the West, and the mountains of Edom
from the East. The towns of Eilath and Akaba lie on the great
bay.
Here were the two biblical localities of Elath and Ezion-Geber,
where the Isrealites halted their desert wanderings. This is
the area of great copper deposits and mines, which date back
into antiquity. Copper smelted here was exchanged for gold from
Ophir by King Solomon (1 Kings 9:26 ff.).
This procedure would perhaps explain the secure isolated
location above the Plain of Paran, on the rugged outcrop scaled
by Sir Flinders Petri's expedition, where the production of
white powder gold was based from the time of Sneferu, about
2,400 BC - see Lost Secrets of the Sacred Ark - Golden Age Project
Comment.
From Yahweh's Land - Photographs and Text by Alfons Senfter
