Stories from Ancient Canaan

Contained on fifteen of the cuneiform tables uncovered at the ancient Canaanite city of Ugarit are the four major oral Ugartic myths of Aqhat , The Healers , Kirta and Baal . Stories from Ancient Cana…

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