King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard, is a story about explorers searching for the famous mines of King Solomon. The treasure that lay within are rumored to be infinitely bountiful, yet no one knows where they are. In the story, it is not directly mentioned where the mines are located. However, considering the majority of mining in Africa takes place in South Africa, it is safe to assume that this ficitonal story's location resides there. This story's fictional nation is called Kukualand, and what happens there is a story of greed and imperialism. Despite this story adhering to the beliefs that SOlomon's mines were in Africa, there were archealogical studies suggesting otherwise. In a 2020 breakdown, History.com's Barbara Maranzani writes, "As with elsewhere at the Timna Valley site, Ben-Yousef’s team uncovered archaeological evidence of dozens of the furnaces used to smelt copper as well as layers of copper slag, a by-product of the smelting process. The team also found a trove of personal items, including clothing, ceramics, fabrics and tools, and the remnants of a variety of food items, indicating a highly developed, long-term settlement at the site." To unpack, Ben-Yousef is an archealogist who was working with a graduate student at the university of California and they both located an abundance of evidence pointing towards the possibility that Solomon's Mines were not Egyptian-made and therefore, did not originate in Africa. Even so, the story is still an entertaining one, and Kukualand is located in Africa. Therefore, for the purposes of this map, Solomon's Mines can be found there.