Its origin dates back to the region of Canaan, which existed in 3000 BC. C. between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and which was inhabited by polytheistic peoples such as the Phoenicians, ...

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The amulet most likely belonged to the Canaanites, a group of Semitic people who lived in the area around 1800 B.C., said Oded Lipschits, a professor of Jewish history at Tel Aviv University who ...

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Daphna Ben-Tor, an expert in ancient artifacts, examined the find and identified it as Canaanite in origin. She noted that the Canaanites were a group of ancient communities that lived in the region ...