Earlier this year it was reported that the first–ever Philistine cemetery was discovered on the Israeli coast near Ashkelon. Now, the contents of the 3,000 year–old graveyard have been revealed.

Monumental Iron Age remains from the ancient Philistine city of Gath, once the home of the legendary biblical giant Goliath, surfaced this summer during excavations by a Bar-Ilan University-led team ...

In the systematic excavation project of the temple area in the lower city of Gath, a team from Bar-Ilan University has overseen the reconstruction of the plants used in Philistine rituals. The ...

TEL ZAFIT, Israel – The Gath archaeological site in southern Israel is littered with distinctive 2,800-year-old pottery shards poking out of the ground – a strong indication, archaeologists and ...

Goliath’s death is described in gruesome detail in the Bible, but how the Philistine champion would have been laid to rest has been a mystery. Scientists now say an extraordinary find may lay that ...

An archaeological discovery announced on Sunday in Israel may help solve an enduring biblical mystery: where did the ancient Philistines come from? US anthropologist and pathologist, Sherry Fox shows ...

Excavations at the Israeli site of Tell es-Safi have revealed the ruins of the city of Gath, which was occupied by the Philistines during most of the Iron Age (ca. 1200–539 B.C.)(Courtesy Aren Maier, ...

There can't be many insults that strike more viciously at the heart of the highbrow film lover than "philistine". Whatever other barbs may be slung, for those who cherish their Film with a capital F, ...

The first-ever study of DNA recovered from an ancient Philistine site is providing a unique genetic insight into the origins of some of the most notorious troublemakers of the Old Testament. Modern ...

“No passion in the world,” H.G. Wells declared, “is equal to the passion to alter someone else’s draft.” A wry line, aimed at the funny bone of the elite. But if we’re to joke about impulses of the ...