In Pictures: Archaeologists get up close look at Biblical Philistines

Excavations at a Philistine cemetery - the first-ever discovered - have unearthed a treasure trove of artifacts, which will be sent for analysis in the hopes of shedding more light on the ancient civilisation, made famous by the story of David and Goliath.

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Jul 10, 2016, 05:58 PM

A skeleton is seen after it is unearthed during excavation work at the first-ever Philistine cemetery, at Ashkelon National Park in southern Israel, on June 28, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Clay jars are seen after they were unearthed during excavation works at the Philistine cemetery, at Ashkelon National Park in southern Israel, on June 28, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Professor Lawrence E. Stager, Dorot Research Professor of the Archaeology of Israel at Harvard University, speaking to media near a partially unearthed skeleton, in Ashkelon National Park, on June 28, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

American archaeology students carefully excavating a skeleton from the Philistine cemetery, at Ashkelon National Park in southern Israel, on June 28, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

American archaeology students carrying a clay jar that was unearthed during a dig at the Philistine cemetery at Ashkelon National Park, on June 28, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Archaeologists working at an excavation site at the Philistine cemetery in Ashkelon National Park, on June 28, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

A team of archaeologists working to extract a skeleton from the Philistine cemetery at Ashkelon National Park, on June 28, 2016.
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US anthropologist and pathologist Sherry Fox showing a skull that was discovered at the excavation site at the Philistine cemetery, on June 28, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Archaeologists working carefully to excavate a skeleton, at the Philistine cemetery in Ashkelon National Park, on June 28, 2016.
PHOTO: AFP

Clay artifcats that were unearthed during an archaeological dig at the Philistine cemetery at Ashkelon National Park, on display at the Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem on July 6, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

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