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British Museum removes ‘Palestine’ from ancient Middle East displays (thelemmy.club)

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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02/14/british-museum-removes-palestine-references-from-ancient-mi/

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[-] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 60 points 2 months ago

'Levantine' would have been a more accurate term. The 'Canaanite' term is specifically what's used to differentiate from 'Hebrews' in zionism, both before and after Israel was created. Biblically Canaanites are Phoenecians, which are one of many Levantine tribes and city states of the Bronze and Biblical eras.

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 months ago

Didn't the Bible also say that they were literal giants?

[-] als@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 months ago

Also that people can be resurrected, that matter can be duplicated and all sorts of other bullshit

[-] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 2 points 2 months ago

They had food replicators and teleporters back then? Things have really gone downhill.

[-] als@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feeding_the_multitude

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