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Ceremonial Urn

Canaanite horned altar or incense burner from Megiddo in ancient Palestine (c. 1900 BC)
in the Rockefeller Museum, Jerusalem. This distinctive style of altar was also used by the Israelites (see Lev. 4:7; 1 Kings 1:50, 2:28). Courtesy LaMar C. Berrett. Similar to the horn altar from Israel is this four-cornered altar or incense burner from Oaxaca, Mexico, dating to the Monte Alban 1 period (c. 500-100 BC) Specimen in Museo-Frissell, Oaxaca, Mexico. Courtesy F.A.R.M.S.

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Canaanite horned altar or incense burner from Megiddo in ancient Palestine (c. 1900 BC) in the Rockefeller Museum, Jerusalem. This distinctive style of altar was also used by the Israelites (see Lev. 4:7; 1 Kings 1:50, 2:28). Courtesy LaMar C. Berrett.	Similar to the horn altar from Israel is this four-cornered altar or incense burner from Oaxaca, Mexico, dating to the Monte Alban 1 period (c. 500-100 BC) Specimen in Museo-Frissell, Oaxaca, Mexico. Courtesy F.A.R.M.S.