Philistine DNA and 4000-year old gate in Tel Ashkelon

In this final episode of the Philistine cities, we go to Tel Ashkelon where scientists performed a DNA test on the bones from recently excavated Philistine cemetery. The results helped solve an ongoing debate of Philistine origins. In this video, we also go to walk inside the world’s oldest arched gate, which is believed to had been built the Caananites in 1850 BC. Video chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:47 Arrival 03:18 Philistine DNA 06:00 4,000 Gate 09:08 Conclusion 10:18 Outro 11:06 Bloopers Season 4, Episode 8 Copyright Notices: — Article “Ancient DNA Sheds Light On The Genetic Origins Of Early Iron Age Philistines” By Michal Feldman, Daniel M. Master, Raffaela A. Bianco, Marta Burri, Philipp W. Stockhammer, Alissa Mittnik, Adam J. Aja, Choongwon Jeong, Johannes Krause - Science Advances 03 Jul 2019: EAAX0061 — Philistine Cemetery Article by www.biblicalarchaeology.org — Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved. — Information snapshots from Wikipedia.org — Maps by Google Maps — Search engine by Google