A high place or elevated sanctuary in ancient Israel and the Middle East, often used for religious worship and sacrifice in pre-Biblical and Biblical times.
From Hebrew 'bamah' meaning 'high place.' Appears in ancient Hebrew religious texts and archaeology, referring to platforms or elevated sites used for ancient worship practices.
Archaeological digs across the Middle East have found dozens of bamah sites—these high places were incredibly common in ancient religion, which is why they kept being mentioned in the Bible as places needing to be destroyed when monotheism became dominant!
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