Philistines - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Wed, 13 Jul 2016 05:52:19 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Philistines - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Philistines were really quite stylish after all https://cathnews.co.nz/2016/07/15/philistines-were-quite-stylish/ Thu, 14 Jul 2016 17:20:43 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=84595 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

Philistines were really quite stylish after all... Read more]]> 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 a Philistine - flourished in this area of the Mediterranean, starting in the 12th century BC, but their way of life and origin have remained a mystery. Continue reading

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