Philistine Cemetery Discovered

Adam Aja, assistant curator at the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East and his colleagues at the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon, have discovered the first ever Philistine Cemetery. Below you will find video and news coverage about this historic discovery as well as the results from DNA testings.

News Articles

Press Release for Ancient Philistines DNA Results

7/03/19 Biblical bad guys the ancient Philistines came from Europe, DNA shows, Reuters

7/03/19 Ancient DNA reveals the origins of the Philistines, ScienceNews

7/03/19 DNA Begins to Unlock Secrets of the Ancient Philistines, The New York Times

7/10/16 Story of Philistines Could Be Reshaped by Ancient Cemetery, The New York Times

7/10/16 Discovery of Philistine Cemetery May Solve Biblical Mystery, National Geographic

7/10/16 Researchers make 'first discovery' of Philistine cemetery, BBC

7/10/16 Ancient philistine cemetery discovered in Israel could solve one of the Bible's biggest mysteries, Independent

7/10/16 First Philistine cemetery discovered in Israel after 30-year search, The Telegraph

7/10/16 Philistines more sophisticated than given credit for, say researchers, The Guardian