Excavations at the Israeli site of Tell es-Safi have revealed the ruins of the city of Gath, which was occupied by the Philistines during most of the Iron Age (ca. 1200–539 B.C.)(Courtesy Aren ...

Now this picture is confirmed and enriched by the study of botanical remains in a temple in Gath, the Philistine city known as the birthplace of the giant Goliath, according to the Bible.

The biblical account the team of researchers attempted to verify is the conquest of the Philistine city of Gath by Hazael, King of Aram, presented in the Bible's Second Book of Kings. "About this ...