Posts Tagged ‘Philistines’

Philistines were really quite stylish after all

Friday, July 15th, 2016

Philistines were no “philistines”, say archaeologists who unearthed a 3000-year-old cemetery in which members of the biblical nation were buried along with jewellery and perfumed oil. Little was known about the Philistines prior to the recent excavation in the Israeli port city of Ashkelon. The famed arch enemies of the ancient Israelites – Goliath was Read more