Footnote 1 – Fallen Star

In 1928 a Syrian farmer accidentally struck a tomb with his plow at Ras Shamra, on the northern coast of Syria. Subsequent excavations revealed the remains of the 14th-century B.C. city of Ugarit. Archaeologists discovered thousands of cuneiform tablets here. Several found in the library of the chief priest of the temple of Baal record the major Canaanite myths.