Plant seed and fruit analysis from the biblical home of Goliath sheds unprecedented light on Philistine ritual practices

Credit: Prof. Aren Maeir

Temple offerings - miniature as well as food serving vessels, and a shell of marine mollusc, Tonna galea found in one of the temples

« Plant seed and fruit analysis from the biblical home of Goliath sheds unprecedented light on Philistine ritual practices

Credit: Dr. Suembikya Frumin

Flowering crown daisy

« Plant seed and fruit analysis from the biblical home of Goliath sheds unprecedented light on Philistine ritual practices

Credit: Sofia Frumin

Flowering chaste tree

« Plant seed and fruit analysis from the biblical home of Goliath sheds unprecedented light on Philistine ritual practices

Credit: Dr. Suembikya Frumin

Chaste tree flower

« Plant seed and fruit analysis from the biblical home of Goliath sheds unprecedented light on Philistine ritual practices

Credit: Dr. Suembikya Frumin

Fruits of chaste tree in the temple - fossil fruits of the chaste tree, as found in the inner room of the temple in Tell es-Safi/Gath, lower city. Photograph of chaste tree fruits produced using stereoscopic light microscope Olympus SZ×10 DP73 and digital scanning using cellSens Dimension 1.9 program, Adobe Photoshop 2024 was used for background editing.

« Plant seed and fruit analysis from the biblical home of Goliath sheds unprecedented light on Philistine ritual practices

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