Furnaces

Prof. Erez Ben Yosef with the Midianite pottery avoids. Photo: Tel Aviv University spokesperson

About 3,000 years ago, the Midianite ceramics were intended for ritual purposes in the thriving copper industry in Timna

The researchers: "For many years, archaeologists have been trying to decipher the meaning of the 'Medina ceramics' found at sites in the south of the country. According to our findings, these are tools that were brought by potters from the Arabian Peninsula, and were used in worship