Comment on British Museum removes ‘Palestine’ from ancient Middle East displays
napoleonsdumbcousin@feddit.org 4 weeks agoWell Levantine is the broader term, so you need it to define the more specific term Canaanite.
Comment on British Museum removes ‘Palestine’ from ancient Middle East displays
napoleonsdumbcousin@feddit.org 4 weeks agoWell Levantine is the broader term, so you need it to define the more specific term Canaanite.
ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
It’s a broader term that is no less accurate. But it is also one more removed from political connotations since this is not just about using the term ‘Canaanite’ as it is also changing it from ‘Palestinian.’
Changing ‘Palestinian’ to ‘Canaanite’ in 2026 specifically means something more given the Israelite-Canaanite context.
It’s either malicious or stupid, and evidence is tending to the former for the group that sought the change and the latter for the museum.