House of the Rising Sun: Azekah’s Canaanite Temple
Oriented to the east, with a broad view across the Elah Valley, the Canaanite temple at Azekah was bathed each morning in the sun’s rays. The temple’s architecture and ritual items that were found inside evidence both Levantine and Egyptian influence on local religious practice and point to Azekah’s...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Biblical Archaeology Society
2024
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The Biblical archaeology review
Year: 2024, Volume: 50, Issue: 1 |
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| Summary: | Oriented to the east, with a broad view across the Elah Valley, the Canaanite temple at Azekah was bathed each morning in the sun’s rays. The temple’s architecture and ritual items that were found inside evidence both Levantine and Egyptian influence on local religious practice and point to Azekah’s status as a strategic, multicultural center in Late Bronze Age Canaan. |
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| ISSN: | 0098-9444 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Biblical archaeology review
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