Of course this is exactly the opposite of how someone familiar with the bible would interpreted that. To us it shows the degradation from monotheism to Canaanite mythology that so angered God that he eventually allowed the country to be sacked.
This is the unique development of archaeological hills in Israel, where successive generations mingle ritual objects on their way from the world of the Canaanite mythology to monotheism.
I don't know how much this can tell us that's new. The Bible tells us that syncretism was a huge problem with both the northern and southern kingdoms.
Or, they were just reusing a convenient chunk of stone.
How did they use it? Article offers no explanation up to us ignorant ones out here...
They worshiped Japanese women? Wow. I got to tell you, who ever carved that Japanese woman did one heck of a lot better than that sculpture you had up above.
What’s Lily Tomlin doing in the photo ?