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Sampling petrus bone in the Department of Archaeogenetics ancient DNA laboratory at the Max PIanck Institute for the Science of Human History (MPI-SHH). (Antje Wissgott)
July 3, 2019, 9:00 pm
Know thine enemy: DNA study solves ancient riddle of origins of the Philistines
High-tech analysis finds empirical proof that the Kingdom of Israel’s biblical foes came to the Holy Land from southern Europe
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Attic red-figure column krater depicting Herakles on Mount Olympus between the Gods Greece, Classical Period, attributed to the Naples Painter, ca. 460 BCE, pottery BLMJ 4963. (Vladimir Naikhin, Bible Lands Museum)
January 26, 2017, 11:54 am
Ceramics shine light on ancient Greece, but collection’s cloudy history lurks
Rare kraters and amphorae in Borowski collection go on display at Bible Lands Museum, though some ask how items made it to Jerusalem
By Ilan Ben Zion
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