Mikaela Mathews | ChristianHeadlines.com Contributor |
According to the Sunday Times, the discovery "flies in the face of many historians who have dismissed [Edom's existence] as a myth."
Researchers from the University of California and Tel Aviv University made the discovery in the Arabah Valley. They excavated a 6,000-year-old copper production site called "Slaves' Hill." Layers of smelting waste from the copper helped scientists create a picture of the "technological leap" those in the region made.