Canaanite religion
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The religion and mythic beliefs of the people in the land of Canaan in the southern Levant during approximately the first three millennia BCE were polytheistic and in some cases monolatristic. They we
Ba'al with Thunderbolt stele from Ugarit, c. 15th century BCE
Putative statuette of El (c. 1400–1200 BCE) from Tel Megiddo in northern Israel
Canaan
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Canaan was an ancient Semitic-speaking civilization and region of the Southern Levant during the late 2nd millennium BC. Canaan had significant geopolitical importance in the Late Bronze Age Amarna Pe
Canaanite religion
…The religion and mythic beliefs of the people in the land of Canaan in the southern Levant during approximately the first three millennia BCE were polytheistic and in some cases monolatristic. They were influenced by…
The Ghassulian star
Ghassulian dolmen, Kueijiyeh hill near Madaba, Jordan
Tell es-Sakan in Gaza was inhabited by the Canaanites from approximately 2600 BC to 2300 BC, reinhabiting an earlier Egyptian settlement.
Tel Megiddo altar ruins