Palestinian farmer finds 4,500-year-old goddess statue while working his land

CNN ^ | 27th April 2022 | Jack GuyAbbas AlLawati,

[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.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks BenLurkin.

[FalloutShelterGirl]

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.

[SunkenCiv]

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);

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

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.

[SMARTY]

If the ‘goddess’ is an insult to Mohamed, he can cut her head off

[SMARTY]

If the ‘goddess’ is an insult to Mohamed, he can cut her head off

[DannyTN]

[M Kehoe]

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

[Albion Wilde]

Early exemplar of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome:

[Albion Wilde]

It could be a statue in tribute to the goddess of Quikrete

LOL!!

[JimRed]

What about caches of Roman stuff found in Britain?

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

[JimRed]

In the UK the government buys it from you at fair market value.

Fair market value as determined by some twit bureaucrat.

[Verginius Rufus]

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.

[dragnet2]

Goddess or alien?

[CJ Wolf]

I think that looks like Gilbert Godfrey, Rip

[BenLurkin]

Only her hairdresser knows.

[dragnet2]

[SunkenCiv]

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

[huckfillary]

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.