Aristos is a Newsweek science and health reporter with the London, U.K., bureau. He is particularly focused on archaeology and paleontology, although he has covered a wide variety of topics ranging ...

Philistine remains from Biblical City of Gath, the city where Goliath was born. “And the champion emerged from the Philistines’ camp, named Goliath, from Gath; his height was six cubits and a span (1 ...

A massive gate unearthed in Israel may have marked the entrance to a biblical city that, at its heyday, was the biggest metropolis in the region. The town, called Gath, was occupied until the ninth ...

While many aspects of Philistine culture are well-documented, the specifics of Philistine religious practices and deities have long remained shrouded in mystery. A recent study contributes valuable ...

We don’t have to be afraid of what is in the Bible. Sometimes the “far-fetched” or “unimaginable” parts become the most eye-opening when we dig a little deeper. Most of you have probably heard of one ...

Both Britain and Israel are long inhabited lands whose soil is steeped in legend and salted with ancient relics. In both, the drama of the past waits only the educated spade of the archaeologist.

View of Tel Azekah from my hometown. “The Philistines assembled their camps for war…. They encamped between Socho and Azekah…in the Terebinth Valley…The Philistines were standing…on one side and ...

The enigmatic Philistine culture, which flourished during the Iron Age (ca. 1200-604 BCE), profoundly affected the southern Levant's cultural history, agronomy, and dietary customs. More than a ...