#  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](http://digashkelon.com/), 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](http://digashkelon.com/press)

7/03/19 [Biblical bad guys the ancient Philistines came from Europe, DNA shows](https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-israel-archaeology-philistines/biblical-bad-guys-the-ancient-philistines-came-from-europe-dna-shows-idUKKCN1TY2JP), *Reuters*

7/03/19 [Ancient DNA reveals the origins of the Philistines](https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-dna-origins-philistines-bible-europe-israel), *ScienceNews*

7/03/19 [DNA Begins to Unlock Secrets of the Ancient Philistines](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/03/science/philistines-dna-origins.html), *The New York Times*

7/10/16 [Story of Philistines Could Be Reshaped by Ancient Cemetery](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/11/science/possible-philistine-cemetery-discovered.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share), *The New York Times*

7/10/16 [Discovery of Philistine Cemetery May Solve Biblical Mystery](https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/07/bible-philistine-israelite-israel-ashkelon-discovery-burial-archaeology-sea-peoples/), *National Geographic*

7/10/16 [Researchers make 'first discovery' of Philistine cemetery](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36759340), *BBC*

7/10/16 [Ancient philistine cemetery discovered in Israel could solve one of the Bible's biggest mysteries](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/ancient-philistine-cemetery-in-israel-could-solve-one-of-the-bible-s-biggest-mysteries-a7129601.html), *Independent*

7/10/16 [First Philistine cemetery discovered in Israel after 30-year search](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/10/first-philistine-cemetery-discovered-in-israel-after-30-year-sea/), *The Telegraph*

7/10/16 [Philistines more sophisticated than given credit for, say researchers](https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/jul/10/philistines-more-sophisticated-than-given-credit-for-say-archaeologists), *The Guardian*