Importance Of The Discovery

The question is why this discovery matters? It is because of the reputation which is attached to the Philistines. “Well, you can think about what it would mean if you called someone a Philistine today. It would mean they didn’t like art and they didn’t like music or perhaps they were just uncultured, and so they’ve really gotten a bad rap. But when we look at them, there wasn’t a period where we don’t see them loving art and sophistication and decoration,” said Daniel Master, co-director of the excavation team.