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DNA Study Reveals Philistines Were Originally From Europe
JULY 3, 2019
A DNA study of an archaeological site shows the biblical Philistines, long vanished and derided as primitive, were originally from Europe.
The Philistines, an ancient people described not so positively in scripture, went extinct centuries ago, but some of their DNA has survived. …
DANIEL ESTRIN, BYLINE: The Philistines are the bad guys in the Bible, like Goliath who confronted David in battle. They arrived in the Holy Land in the 12th century B.C. and disappeared from history 600 years later. Archaeologist Daniel Masters (ph) of Wheaton College in Illinois says his team wanted to know more.
But the Philistines would eventually disappear from the area and from history, perhaps taken as captives to Babylon.