early as the 13th century BC; its many geometric, human, and animal motifs are painted in browns and dark reds on a pinkish-tan slip. "Midianite" pottery is found in its largest quantities at metallurgical sites in the southern Levant, especially Timna. Because of the Mycenaean motifs on Midianite pottery, some scholars including George Mendenhall, Peter Parr, and Beno Rothenberg have suggested that the Midianites were originally Sea Peoples who migrated from the Aegean region and imposed themselves on a pre-existing Semitic stratum. The question of the origin of the Midianites still remains open. Mountains The Midian Mountains () are a mountain range in northwestern Saudi Arabia. They are considered to be either contiguous with the Hijaz Mountains to the south, or a part of them. The Hijaz are themselves treated as part of the Sarawat range, sensu lato. See also ʿĀd Balak Eglon Ishmaelites Kedar History of ancient Israel and Judah The Bible and history Midian war Sodom and Gomorrah Abarim, Jordanian mountains to the north Biblical Mount Sinai Notes References Sources Clines, David and John Sawyer, eds. "Midian, Moab and Edom: The History and Archaeology of Late Bronze and Iron Age Jordan and North-West Arabia". Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, Supplement Series, No. 24. Sheffield Academic Press, 1983. , which cites to: Archaeology of Timna Another Timna archaeology site Richard Burton's account of his travels in "The Land of Midian" Spring of Harod – Ma'ayan Harod THE EXODUS EXPLORED—Moses in Midian (YouTube) جبال مدين (Arabic Wiki)