What is Arava? – The Bible Archaeological Society

A archaeologist at Timna’s place in the Arava Valley. Courtesy Nathan Stan Mayor, BA.

Inside the Bible, the name Irava often refers to the entire Jordan Rift Valley, which is moving down the sea from the sea from the sea of Galilee, passing through the Dead Sea, the lowest point of the earth. Nevertheless, the modern term is often commonly used to refer to the southern half of the Rift Valley, otherwise known as the Valley Arava. This southern part, which will be the focus of the attention here, is probably known in the Hebrew Bible as the land where the Bible, a central part of the kingdom of the Bible, roams the Israeli desert.

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Valley Arava

The Valley extends 100 miles from the Dead Sea to the Pacific, which is about 6 to 25 miles wide. A dry desert, Arava, is affiliated with the visually impaired adoamite Highlands in the east, which rises as a mountain range from the Valley Arava. On the west, Irava is just like the mountainous southern Nijiv desert.

Although the valley today forms a natural border between Israel and Jordan, it was rarely a definite political border of ancient ancient. Instead, during the Iron Age (1200-586 BC), it often falls under the realm of Eddie. During the time of the emergence, Irava would have been a familiar area for the Israelites, which wandered around during its 40 -year -old Sojar. Arava will later be included in the Nibetans’ soil, which was deeply surrounded by the capital, Petra, the East in the East Highlands.

An ancient copper in Timna stands inside the remnants. Courtesy Nathan Stan Mayor, BA.

Although there are some major Bible sites in the Valley of Arava, historically it was a major copper production center, which included major mines of Fenn and Timna, which were major sources of minerals during the bronze and iron era, when they were first managed by the Egyptians and then Edum.

Abex, a great man who is resting in Arava. Courtesy Nathan Stan Mayor, BA.

Despite its desert climate, the journey through Arawa still shows a diverse rows of both plants and animals. The most prominent is the acacia trees, as well as several shrubs of the shrubs and even occasionally flowering plants. As far as animals are concerned, the valley has ibexes, gazelles, jecals, henyas, and more.

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