Canaan (son of Ham) al Hakam tells that "Canaan is the father of the Sudan (Sub Saharan Africans) and the Abyssinians". The German historian Johannes Aventinus (fl. c. 1525) recorded a legend that Canaan's sons "the "Arkite"" and "the "Hamathite"" first settled in the area of Greece, and gave their names to the regions of Arcadia and Emathia. According to , Noah became drunk then cursed his grandson Canaan, for the transgression of Canaan's father, Ham. This is the "Curse of Canaan", to which the misnomer "Curse of Ham" has been attached since Classical antiquity. <poem> "Ham's transgression:" And Ham, the father of Canaan,
Museum of the Bible Construction. The architectural design team was led by SmithGroupJJR. In October 2018, the museum announced that expert examination led it to conclude that five of its sixteen fragments of Dead Sea Scrolls (bought by founder Steve Green) were forgeries and would no longer be displayed. According to researchers in Germany, those five showed "characteristics inconsistent with ancient origin". The exhibitions intend to offer a scholarly perspective on the impact of the Bible in history. Bible scholar David Trobisch, director of the museum's collections, was hired to advise on new acquisitions, identify the storylines for the museum's exhibits, and supervise a