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October 28, 2008
On The Supposed Discover of King Solomon's Mines
When it comes to announcements of such discoveries, I defer to the Wisdom of Mark Twain,
If a spectacle is going to be particularly imposing I prefer to see it through somebody else's eyes, because that man will always exaggerate. Then I can exaggerate his exaggeration, and my account of the thing will be the most impressive. ["O'Shah," Europe and Elsewhere]
This explains the early announcements of the discovery of an ancient mining operation at Khirbat en-Nahas in Jordon and also some of the even more exaggerated accounts that followed.
Posted by Duane Smith at October 28, 2008 9:53 AM | Read more on Archaeology |
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