Canaan

Canaan or Kná'an (Arabic کنعان, Kanʻān, Hebrew כְּנַעַן / כְּנָעַן, Kənáʻan / Kənāʻan; Septuagint Greek Χανααν, Khanaan) is an ancient term for a region roughly corresponding to present-day Israel, the West Bank, western Jordan, southern and coastal Syria and Lebanon continuing up until the border of modern Turkey.

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Arabic - Hebrew - Septuagint - Greek - Israel - West Bank - Jordan - Syria - Lebanon - Turkey

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According to the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica, there were five places where "new" evidence on Canaanite culture had been obtained, including Tell-el-Hasy, eventually identified with the Lachish of the Old Testament, where excavations were made in 1890 to 1892 by Flinders Petrie and Bliss; and Gezer, identified with the Gezer of 1 Kings X.16, where R.A.S. Macalister began excavating in 1902. The Canaanite town of Ugarit was rediscovered in 1928, and much of our modern knowledge about the Canaanites stems from excavation in this area.

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1911 - Encyclopedia Britannica - Tell-el-Hasy - Lachish - Old Testament - 1890 - 1892 - Flinders Petrie - Gezer - 1 Kings - R.A.S. Macalister - 1902 - Ugarit - 1928

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