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

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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

New Writes

Researchers Discovered Wreckage of a Schooner that Sank in Lake Michigan in Late 1800s

Roman-Era Sarcophagus Discovered on Varna Beach one of Bulgaria’s Most Popular Tourist Destinations

3,400-Year-Old Jade and Stone Workshop Site Discovered at Sanxingdui Ruins

Hunter-Gatherers Kept an ‘Orderly Home’ in the Earliest Known British Dwelling

The Latest Surprises Revealed by Investigations Inside the Tomb of Cerberus in Giugliano

In the 1,900-year-old underground temple of Mithras religion in Zerzevan Castle, an area where participants of secret rituals stayed was unearthed

A Decorated Block with Decapitated Gaul Found for the First Time in Toul, France

A Mysterious Human Face Carved on Stone Dated to Bronze Age Discovered in Kazakhstan

Beehives of Saudi Arabia’s Thought to be Over 1,000 Years Old

Marvelous Marble Floor Of Sunken Roman Villa Restored in Bacoli