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Palestinian farmer finds 4,500-year-old goddess statue while working his land
CNN ^ | 27th April 2022 | Jack GuyAbbas AlLawati,

Posted on 04/27/2022 9:06:11 AM PDT by BenLurkin

"At first, I hoped to sell it to someone to make some money," Nidal Abu Eid, the farmer, told The New Arab, "but an archaeologist told me that it was of great archaeological value.""At first, I hoped to sell it to someone to make some money," Nidal Abu Eid, the farmer, told The New Arab, "but an archaeologist told me that it was of great archaeological value."

Staff at the ministry concluded that the head belonged to a statue of Anat, the goddess of love, beauty and war in Canaanite mythology, Rida said.

The statue will go on display at the Pasha's Palace Museum in Gaza in the next few days, said ministry official Nariman Khaleh.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: anat; canaanite; canaanites; gaza; godsgravesglyphs; israel; nidalabueid; pashaspalace; philistine; philistines
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
Thanks BenLurkin.

21 posted on 04/27/2022 9:45:02 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: MercyFlush
There are actually many assorted Arabic people living in Israel who are decent citizens and don't make trouble. Farmers are always finding cool stuff from ancient times in their fields and it sounds like most contact the Israeli department in charge of collecting that stuff. If it turns out not to be a single relic but an entire town or something, the farmer's land will be purchased and he will be helped to find a new farm.

At least that is what I learned from my guide over there.

22 posted on 04/27/2022 9:51:25 AM PDT by FalloutShelterGirl (Cool! I found my original screen name!)
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https://godsofthebiblicalworld.wordpress.com/philistines/

Philistine Religion

John Roskoski, Bible and Spade (2005), “Between the Pillars: Revisiting ‘Samson and the House of Dagon’”
Jeffrey Emanuel, The Ancient Near East Today (2017), “Early Philistine Religion in Text and Archaeology”
Known members of the divine pantheon: Dagon (also Dagan; M); Baal (M); Asherat (F); Qudšu (F); Anat (F); PTGYH (also Pythogaia; F);


23 posted on 04/27/2022 10:00:49 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Jamestown1630
In the UK the government buys it from you at fair market value.

The money is usually split between the finder and the land owner.

24 posted on 04/27/2022 10:05:45 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (It is better to light a single flame thrower then curse the darkness. A bunch of them is better yet)
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To: seowulf
If the ‘goddess’ is an insult to Mohamed, he can cut her head off
25 posted on 04/27/2022 10:28:04 AM PDT by SMARTY (“Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face.” Thomas Sowell)
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To: seowulf
If the ‘goddess’ is an insult to Mohamed, he can cut her head off
26 posted on 04/27/2022 10:28:04 AM PDT by SMARTY (“Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face.” Thomas Sowell)
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To: BenLurkin

27 posted on 04/27/2022 10:37:29 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: SunkenCiv

Good afternoon (my time zone).

“Staff at the ministry concluded that the head belonged to a statue of Anat, the goddess of love, beauty and war in Canaanite mythology, “

I thought Anat was the goddess of beauty, love and SEX (fertility).

My bad. Damn public education.

5.56mm


28 posted on 04/27/2022 10:48:05 AM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
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To: BenLurkin
Early exemplar of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome:


29 posted on 04/27/2022 11:13:57 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (If science can’t be questioned, it’s not science anymore, it’s propaganda. --Aaron Rodgers)
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To: Mr. K
It could be a statue in tribute to the goddess of Quikrete

LOL!!

30 posted on 04/27/2022 11:14:37 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (If science can’t be questioned, it’s not science anymore, it’s propaganda. --Aaron Rodgers)
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To: Jamestown1630
What about caches of Roman stuff found in Britain?

The smart ones are never publicized. They SSS: Shovel, Sell and Shut up.

31 posted on 04/27/2022 11:34:22 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
In the UK the government buys it from you at fair market value.

Fair market value as determined by some twit bureaucrat.

32 posted on 04/27/2022 11:36:37 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: BenLurkin
2500 B.C. would predate the Philistines' presence in Canaan. It's also long before the time of Abraham.

But they probably found other things to fight about, if not religion.

33 posted on 04/27/2022 11:40:38 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: BenLurkin

Goddess or alien?


34 posted on 04/27/2022 11:50:37 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: BenLurkin

I think that looks like Gilbert Godfrey, Rip


35 posted on 04/27/2022 7:19:40 PM PDT by CJ Wolf ( what is scarier than offensive words? Not being able to say them. )
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To: dragnet2

Only her hairdresser knows.


36 posted on 04/27/2022 7:29:57 PM PDT by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: BenLurkin


37 posted on 04/27/2022 7:46:43 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: M Kehoe

You may be right, I remember classmates and teachers saying “anat” at the end of every sentence. :^)


38 posted on 04/27/2022 9:40:35 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: BenLurkin

It’s Mr. Potato Head. Where I grew up, if you didn’t say “anat” at the end of every sentence, you were considered grammatically challenged.


39 posted on 04/27/2022 10:07:17 PM PDT by huckfillary
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