The term Canaanite has two primary usages: (i) to designate the dialects of Northwest Semitic spoken in the region called Canaan in the second half of the second millennium BC; and (ii) to ...
However, the discovery of this limestone statue is a reminder of how the strip - part of an important trade route for successive ancient civilisations - was originally a Canaanite settlement.
Some scholars translated the text as an ancient prayer. Others figured it was diplomatic correspondence from Ugarit, showing important international ties between these two Canaanite city-states ...