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Gaza Strip Farmer Found 4,500-Year-Old Statue of Canaanite Deity AnatTalk about a lucky find!While digging land, a farmer in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip unearthed a stone statue of an ancient goddess. According to the Palestinian archaeologists that inspected the artifact, the statue dates back 4,500 years to the late Bronze Age. The artifact is a depiction of the head of the Canaanite deity of beauty, love, and war, Anat. The statue depicts the goddess wearing a serpent crown. It is now on display in Qasr al-Basha, one of Gaza’s museums. Image credit: BBC/Rushdi Abualouf#find #archeology #BronzeAge #Canaan #GazaStrip #Anat #statue
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