Statue of Ramesses III, 1184-1153 BCE

 

Basalt statue from Beth Shean

 

Beth Shean was the center of Egyptian rule in the northern part of Canaan during the Late Bronze Period. The most significant Egyptian artifacts in the Land of Canaan were found at Beth Shean.

Dothan, Trude and Moshe Dothan, People of the Sea; the Search for the Philistines. New York- Macmillan Publishing Co., 1992.

See also-

The Egyptianizing of Canaan, Carolyn R. Higginbotham, BAR 24-03, May-Jun 1998.

Statue of Ramesses III

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