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The British Museum replaced "Palestine" with "Canaan" in ancient Middle East labels to reflect historical accuracy, avoiding anachronistic use of the term.
The British Museum has updated labels in its ancient Middle East exhibits, removing the term "Palestine" from descriptions of pre-modern periods, replacing it with "Canaan" for the southern Levant during the second millennium BC.
The change, prompted by feedback from UK Lawyers for Israel and audience research, aims to reflect historical accuracy by avoiding anachronistic use of the term, which emerged in the fifth century BC and gained broader geographic meaning later.
The museum now uses modern UN-designated names for current borders and reserves "Palestinian" as a cultural or ethnographic term where appropriate, emphasizing consistency and clarity in its displays.
El Museo Británico reemplazó "Palestina" por "Canaan" en las antiguas etiquetas de Oriente Medio para reflejar la precisión histórica, evitando el uso anacrónico del término.