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Cultic Topography in the Old Testament 
 

The BTJ has produced this map according to the witness of Old Testament attestations noting the locations of various altars, shrines, temples, and other sites associated with worship. Each location on this map represents one or more instances of cultic activity in the Ancient Near East (ANE) as recorded in the OT and each instance is situated within one of eight distinct periods of Israelite history.

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Heliopolis (On)
Memphis
Mt. Sinai  
Red Sea
Nile River
Thebes
The Ancient Near East
Haran
Nineveh
Ugarit
Mt. Zaphon
Hamath
Assur
Zagros Mountains
Sidon
Mari
Euphrates River
Damascus
Tyre
Dan
Samaria
Shechem
Bethel
Ashdod
Ashkelon
Ekron
Gibeah
Dibon
Gaza
Jerusalem
Peor
Pithom
Cuth
Babylon
Tigris River
Susa
Ur
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© 2020 Knowing the Bible (topography courtesy of USGS)
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