For the copper mining area in southern Israel, see Timna valley. The Timna Valley is located in southern Israel in the southwestern Arabah, approximately 30 km (18

For the codename of a processor family from Intel, see Intel Timna. Timna was the codename of a proposed Processor Family by Intel.

Head made of alabaster found in Timna

Timna (Arabic,تمنة) is an ancient city in Yemen, the capital of the Qataban kingdom; it is distinct from a city in Southern Israel that shares the same name. Alabaster is a name applied to varieties of two distinct Minerals Gypsum (a hydrous sulfate of Calcium) and Calcite Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Yemen ( Arabic: اليَمَن al-Yaman officially the Republic of Yemen ( Arabic: الجمهورية اليمنية al-Jumhuuriyya Qataban ( Arabic, مملكة قتبان) was one of the ancient Yemeni kingdoms which thrived in the Baihan valley For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. During ancient times, Timna was an important hub in the famous Incense Route (which supplied Arabian and Indian incense via camel caravan to ports on the Mediterranean Sea, most notably Gaza in Palestine, and Petra, in Jordan). The Incense Route or the Incense Road was a series of major ancient trading routes stretching across Egypt to India through Arabia. The Arabian Peninsula (in Arabic: شبه الجزيرة العربية šibh al-jazīra al-ʻarabīya or جزيرة العرب jazīrat al-ʻarab) India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Incense is composed of Aromatic biotic materials It releases fragrant Smoke when burned Camels are Even-toed ungulates within the Genus Camelus. The Dromedary, one-humped or Arabian camel has a single hump and the A camel train is a series of Camels carrying goods or passengers in a group as part of a regular or semi-regular service between two points Gaza (غزة, עַזָּה ʕazzā is the largest city in the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian territories. Palestine is a name which has been widely used since Roman times to refer to the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. Petra (from "petra" rock in Greek; Arabic: البتراء Al-Batrāʾ) is an archaeological site in the Arabah Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (الأردنّ al-Urdunn) is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern

An American excavation of Timna took place in the 1950s. For a modern treatment of the city, see: Beihan