Perhaps the best known ancient rival to the Hebrew God was the pagan Baal, a term which means “master” or Rlord”, and is probably originally a general term for a variety of local deities in ...

The discoveries include an idol of the Canaanite god Baal that was the object of prayer ... "We discovered Egyptian scarabs [oval ornaments shaped like a scarab beetle] and an amulet in silver ...

The temple of Baal, dedicated to a Semitic god and consecrated in 32AD, was the centre of religious life in the ancient city. Isis last week blew up the smaller temple of Baalshamin, one of the ...