{"id":48308,"date":"2025-06-01T07:00:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T11:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/?p=48308"},"modified":"2025-05-30T12:54:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T16:54:13","slug":"what-happened-to-the-canaanites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/daily\/news\/what-happened-to-the-canaanites\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happened to the Canaanites?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_48279\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/wp-content\/smush-avif\/2017\/08\/canaanite-sidon-burial.jpg.avif\" data-smush-avif-fallback=\"{&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/canaanite-sidon-burial.jpg&quot;}\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48279\" class=\"wp-image-48279 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/wp-content\/smush-avif\/2017\/08\/canaanite-sidon-burial.jpg.avif\" alt=\"Canaanite burial\" width=\"400\" height=\"214\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/wp-content\/smush-avif\/2017\/08\/canaanite-sidon-burial.jpg.avif 400w, https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/wp-content\/smush-avif\/2017\/08\/canaanite-sidon-burial-300x161.jpg.avif 300w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/214;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" data-smush-avif-fallback=\"{&quot;data-src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/canaanite-sidon-burial.jpg&quot;,&quot;data-srcset&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/canaanite-sidon-burial.jpg 400w, https:\\\/\\\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/canaanite-sidon-burial-300x161.jpg 300w&quot;}\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-48279\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What happened to the Canaanites? DNA sequencing was conducted on five skeletons from Canaanite Sidon, including this one. The results indicate that there is a \u201cgenetic continuity\u201d between the Canaanites at Sidon and the modern Lebanese. <em>Photo: Courtesy of Claude Doumet-Serhal.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>What happened to the Canaanites? \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cell.com\/ajhg\/abstract\/S0002-9297(17)30276-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Researchers conducted DNA sequencing on ancient Canaanite skeletons<\/a> and have determined where the Canaanites\u2019 descendants can be found today.<\/p>\n<p>The Canaanites were a Semitic-speaking cultural group that lived in Canaan (comprising Lebanon, southern Syria, Israel and Transjordan) beginning in the second millennium B.C.E. and wielded influence throughout the Mediterranean.<\/p>\n<p>In the Hebrew Bible, the Canaanites are described as inhabitants of Canaan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/daily\/biblical-sites-places\/biblical-archaeology-sites\/hazor-excavations-amnon-ben-tor-reveals-who-conquered-biblical-canaanites\/\">before the arrival of the Israelites<\/a> (e.g., Genesis 15:18\u201321, Exodus 13:11). Little of the Canaanites\u2019 textual records remain, perhaps because they used papyrus instead of the more durable clay for writing. 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