Philistine culture

Temple offerings: miniature vessels for serving food and a marine mollusk shell "Tonna galea" found in one of the temples. Photo: Prof. Aren Maeir

Botanical Findings Analysis from Biblical area of Goliath sheds Unprecedented Light on Philistine Ritual Practices

27 February 2024

Bar-Ilan University researchers shed “unprecedented light” on Philistine ritual practices, such as the use of psychoactive and medicinal plants, by...

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Radiocarbon dating makes it possible for the first time to check the extent to which archaeological findings match historical events from written sources

17 November 2023

Researchers from the Austrian Academy of Sciences have published a new radiocarbon dataset for Tel Gezer, one of the most...

Botanical Findings Analysis from Biblical area of Goliath sheds Unprecedented Light on Philistine Ritual Practices

Radiocarbon dating makes it possible for the first time to check the extent to which archaeological findings match historical events from written sources

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9,000-Year-Old Rock Art Suggests Early Humans Interacted with Dinosaur Footprints

Unique Iron Age Divination Spoon Found on the Isle of Man

The Oldest Evidence of Stone Blade Production in Southern Arabia: 80,000-Year-Old Stone Blades Discovered

Rare Bronze Age Metalworking Hoard Discovered in Wiltshire, Including an Anvil

3,500-Year-Old Tomb of King Thutmose II Discovered: The First Royal Burial Unearthed Since King Tutankhamun

New evidence pushes the origins of the Great Wall back by 300 years

Recent Excavations in Spain Reveal 7th Century BCE Religious Structure, Showcasing Eastern Influences within Tartessian Culture

Significant Archaeological Discovery on Failaka Island: Hellenistic Courtyard and Building Unearthed

Małopolskie Region Reveals Oldest Evidence of Metal Mining in Poland, Dating Back 1,000 Years Earlier Than Previously Thought

Burial of Ascetic Monk in Chains Reveals Surprising Identity: A Woman in Byzantine Jerusalem