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Storm God Worship: Ancient Cult Complex Discovered in Israel - C C - Oct 15, 2014
http://www.livescience.com/48262-ancient-cult-complex-discovered.html
SNIP ... The archaeologists said they aren't sure who was worshipped at the complex, though Baal, the Canaanite storm god, is a possibility. "The letters of Ugarit [an ancient site in modern-day Syria] suggest that of the Canaanite pantheon, Baal, the Canaanite storm god, would have been the most likely candidate," Itzhaq Shai, a professor at Ariel University who is directing a research project at Tel Burna, told Live Science in an email. The researchers said they can't rule out that a female deity, such as the ancient war goddess Anat, was worshipped there, Shai said....