Horbat Timna` Travel Guide

 Martin_S. Says:  The "Mushroom and a Half" is the famous Mushroom's poor brother. Although I think it is the more beautiful of the two, in terms of color it is more striking, a reddish ocher that is especially beautiful at sunset. The last photo shows Lea so you can have an idea of the size. 

 Martin_S. Says:  The "new" Timna park has now put up these cheezy mock Egyptian statues along both sides of the entrance road, really BAD. The new cinema where you can watch a movie telling about Timna, its nature and history is almost as bad, but the information is good.As you drive in you... 

 Bregman Says:  Maybe the most famous rock formation in Timna are Solomon Pillars. 

 oshatz Says:  Timna Park is actually a valley (the Valley of Timna), surrounded by steep mountains. The special Geology of the valley makes Timna Park unique for its rock formations, of which the Mushroom, Solomon's Pillars and the Arch are specifically noted. 

 Martin_S. Says:  This canyon wall was found with creatures carved into the soft sandstone face. I am not aware of a specific date given for the drawings, but they may be pre-Israelite. 

 Martin_S. Says:  Solomon's Pillars, found in the Timna Park just 40 kilometers north of Eilat is one of the main attractions there. The pillars rise above you between 20-30 meters sheer from the desert floor. There are several paths that you can take to reach the top, but the view from the... 

 Martin_S. Says:  They estimate that this has been standing since the time when the Queen of Sheeba had her copper mines here along with King Solomon. The action of the gritty sand in the high winds in the changing seasons here have caused the weathering, NOT the action of water, of which... 

 Carmela71 Says:  This half mushroom of red sandstone rock shaped by wind and water is not the only one you will find here, there are many other formations and you can guess what they are.... 

 Carmela71 Says:  One of the most famous sights in Timna is The Mushroom.It is a red sandstone rock shaped by wind and water that looks like a gigantic mushroom. But apart of this you can see many more amazing formations in Timna. 

 Carmela71 Says:  You can find this drawings on the stones, they represent the rituals and lifestyles of the people who lived on the area.You can see scenes of hunting, animals, etc. but the most famous are the Charriots, the imagen of the egiptian charriots, that is situated in the narrow... 

 Carmela71 Says:  Here in Timna Park we can find the world's earliest mine, beloning to the period when man first learned to produce copper. Maybe we are talking about 6000 years lolThere are many ancient copper mines in the valley, some look like holes in the ground, others are caves hewn in... 

 Carmela71 Says:  The King Solomon´s Pillars are the result of natural erosion, typical of red sandstone.The moisture seeps into the fissures and causes the crumbling of the rock.As the exterior layer of the stone is more resistant to the erosion so it creates this peculiar look of the... 

 Carmela71 Says:  This archers are next to the mines, and are natural rock formations due to teh erosion of the rock...Where eveer we looked around, we saw great ones of incredible forms....Check travelogues for more photos... 

 Bregman Says:  Any visitor to Timna sees the rock formations, but many visitors doesn't bother to look for less visible things, like these ancient rock painting. 

 Carmela71 Says:  In the entrance fee is also incluyed a multimedia presentation that tells you about the creation of the park, stories of the goddess Hathor and other Egyptian gods, and the story of copper, its production and more. 

 Martin_S. Says:  This curved wall was "built" buy the action of wind and sand on the soft stone. No water here to do the erosion, the average YEARLY rainfall is in the range of 60-80 mm (yes a year), that is about 2.5-3 inches....