The Philistines were related to Europeans, according to DNA evidence in a study published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances.

Ancient DNA from Papua New Guinea reveals centuries of genetic isolation Philistine mystery Historians and archaeologists have spent decades trying to decipher the Philistines' origins.

Ancient genomes suggest that the Philistines descended from people who migrated across the Mediterranean and reached the shores of the southern Levant at the beginning of the Iron Age.

Ancient DNA Sheds New Light on the Biblical Philistines A team of scientists sequenced genomes from people who lived in a port city on the Mediterranean coast of Israel between the 12th and 8th ...

Searching for the Philistines Over the past century, archaeologists have excavated the cities that ancient texts say the Philistines controlled.

The ancient Philistines, the Biblical villains whose origins have puzzled scholars for decades, came to the Middle East from southern Europe more than 3,000 years ago, new DNA testing has shown.

Human remains from an ancient Philistine cemetery have yielded precious bits of DNA that researchers say helps prove the European origin of the enigmatic nemeses of the Biblical Israelites.

Ancient philistine cemetery discovered in Israel could solve one of the Bible’s biggest mysteries They are a derogatory figure of speech and one of the Bible’s most important groups of people ...

Ancient DNA may reveal origin of the Philistines Historical accounts and archaeology agree that the biggest villains of the Hebrew Bible were ‘different’—but how different were they really?

The ancient remains of 10 Biblical Philistines uncovered at an Iron Age cemetery are helping scientists understand who these people were and where they came from.