Archaeologists in Israel have unearthed an ancient cemetery believed to be the final resting place of some 200 Philistines. They hope the bones will show a new side of the notorious biblical people.

The stories told in the Hebrew Bible claim that the Philistines were often in conflict with King David, a ruler who supposedly controlled a powerful Israelite kingdom around 3,000 years ago.

The Philistines are famous for their appearance in the Hebrew Bible as the arch-enemies of the Israelites. However, the ancient texts tell little about the Philistine origins other than a later ...

The Philistines mostly resided in five cities along the southern coast of what is today Israel and the Gaza Strip during the ...

In the Bible, ancient cities like Ashkelon, Ashdod and Ekron were mentioned as Philistine strongholds. In the 19th and 20th centuries, scholars finally started to piece together a distinct ...

Study cracks age-old Bible riddle on ancient Philistines' origins. The excavation in Ashkelon, Israel, has unearthed ancient bone samples dating back to the Bronze and Iron Ages.

MASTER: Because in the Hebrew Bible, there are texts as late as the 8th and 7th century, and those texts remember that the Philistines came from the West and came from outside.

(CN) – A team of international scientists have used ancient DNA to shed some light on the origins of the Philistines, the arch enemies of the Israelites as told in the Hebrew Bible. These findings , ...

One of the Bible’s deepest and most important mysteries may be about to be solved. Archaeologists appear to have found a cemetery belonging to the Philistines for the first time ever, along with ...

Archaeologists in Israel have unearthed an ancient cemetery believed to be the final resting place of some 200 Philistines. They hope the bones will show a new side of the notorious biblical people.