Tharsis, mentioned 23 times in the Old Testament, is identified with the ancient kingdom of Tartessos, southwest of Spain in Andalusia, which owed its great wealth to its minerals. The latest to locate Tharsis in the Iberian Peninsula is Pope Francis in an address to the International Congress of Catechists (September 27, 2013) referring to the passage in the Bible where “Jonah arose to flee to Tharsis.” The Pope’s interpretation is “Jonah escapes, he goes to Spain and he embarks on a ship that goes that way.” From ancient times, throughout the Roman Empire, writers such as Salustio (1st century) or Pausanias (2nd century) have associated Tharsis with Andalusia. “Hercules himself located Tartessos on the Iberian peninsula” says Flavius Arrianus (2nd century). For Valerius Maximums (Ist century) as well as Lilius Italicus (Ist century) port Tartessos from which the Kings reigned was Cadiz also named Tharsis. For Claudius Claudianus (4th century) “King Solomon sent his fleet to Cadiz, the western Tartessos.” Archaeological evidence of the existence of mines dating back to the time of King Solomon can still be seen today at Cerro Colorado (Huelva), nicknamed “Cerro Salomon,” and at Cabezo Juré in Alosno (Huelva). Some of the production sites have been dated by the Department of Prehistory of the University of Huelva, using carbon 14, to the year 3200 BC. These mines were in activity until the end of the 19th century and were called “Minas de Tharsis.”