The altar displayed in the Museum is from St. Anne Episcopal Church in West Chester, Ohio. The lamb inset represents Jesus as the sacrifice of the perfect lamb. The altar was preserved and donated to Ramesh when the church building was vacated and the congregation moved to another location.
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An altar is any structure upon which offerings such as sacrifices and worship are made for religious purposes. Altars are usually found at shrines, temples, churches and other places of worship. Today they are particularly in Christianity, Buddhism, Shinto, Taoism, as well as in Neopaganism and Ceremonial Magic. Many historical faiths also made us of them, including Greek and Norse religions.

Elevated areas of high places were considered as nearer to heaven than the plains and valleys. In almost all ancient cultures they were prevalent as centers of worship. High places in Israelite (Hebrew: Bema or Bama) and Canaanite culture were open-air shrines, usually erected on an elevated site. Prior to the conquest of Canaan by the Israelites in the 12th-11th century BCE, the high places served as shrines of the Canaanite fertility deities, the Baals (Lords) and the Asherot (Semitic Goddesses).