As Canaanites, the Phoenicians practiced a very base religion centered around the fertility god Baal; it involved sodomy, bestiality, and ceremonial prostitution, as well as abhorrent rites of child sacrifice. (See PICTURE, Vol. 1, p. 739; CANAAN, CANAANITE No. 2 [Conquest of Canaan by Israel].) The Phoenician city of Baalbek (c. 65 km [40 mi] NE of Beirut) became one of the great centers of polytheistic worship in the ancient world; in Roman times great temples to various gods and goddesses were erected there, the ruins of which can be seen today.
Polytheism. Worship of gods and godesses
There are so few ancient Phoenicians around to talk with about it.
their religion was Phoenician
The Hebrews and Phoenicians were the two ancient people that lived in the Levant.
hebrews
The Phoenicians were the ancient people who originated in Lebanon. It was the Phoenicians who founded the city of Carthage and the Carthaginian empire.
Traders.
Phoenicians
The Phoenicians
In the Levant.
The Phoenicians.
They were polytheistic, as was the rest of the western world.
The Phoenicians were the great merchants of ancient times. They sold rich treasures from many lands.