Archaeology & History

Evidence of biblical Canaanite industry unearthed in Israel

By T.K. Randall
August 28, 2025

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Credit: John Snyder / CC BY-SA 3.0 (adapted) The impressive site, which stretches over a large distance, was thought to have once been home to a sophisticated workshop where long flint blades were produced in large numbers.

In addition to examples of these blades, archaeologists found the huge stones that were used to shape them, as well as hundreds of underground pits lined with mud bricks that served as storage areas.

Evidence of dwellings and ritualistic spaces was also found.

The discovery is particularly significant because it confirms descriptions in the Bible of the Canaanites - the original settlers of the region who lived there until the Israelites arrived and took it over."The most impressive findings discovered at the site are large flint cores, from which extremely sharp, uniformly shaped blades were produced," the Israel Antiquities Authority wrote.

"The blades themselves were used as knives for cutting and butchering, and as harvesting tools, like sickle blades. The production technology was extremely advanced and included the use of a kind of crane to exert precise pressure on the flint."

Dr Jacob Vardi described the site as "sophisticated industry".

"The waste fragments, the debitage, were not scattered outside the site, perhaps to better protect and preserve the professional knowledge within the group of experts," he said.

"Today, we understand that this site served as a center, from which Canaanite blades were distributed across broad regions in the Levant."

Source: Mail Online

Tags: Israel, Bible