Prehistoric Cult Sites along the Desert Roads

Autor: Uzi Avner
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Religions, Vol 14, Iss 12, p 1472 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2077-1444
DOI: 10.3390/rel14121472
Popis: The Negev desert, the southern half of Israel, is an arid-to-hyper-arid region. Despite that, some 13,000 ancient sites have been recorded here to date, and many were excavated. One characteristic of the Negev (as well as of other deserts) is the abundance of prehistoric and early historic cult sites, dated ca. 8000–2000 BCE. Another is the many ancient roads. The roads, the main types of cult sites and the connection between them are described and discussed in the following sections.
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