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Filistians: evil and European

  • According to the Bible, the Philistines were enemies of the people of Israel and give two clear examples: Goliath, who was defeated by King David, and Dalila, who cut off his hair and forcibly tore Sanson. That the Filistians were the evil of the film.
(Argazkia: Science Advances)

The Bible also states that they were “not Castilian”, that is, that they were not Jews, but without further specifying their origin. Thanks to Greek ceramics, experts have been able to believe that this was a work from the end of the 18th century BC. They came to the Middle East in the 12th century.

Between 1997 and 2016, several Philippine necropolis have been discovered in Askalon (current Israel) and recently the DNA of human footprints that originate in southern Europe, in Greece, Crete, Sardinia and possibly also in the Iberian Peninsula has been analysed.


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