Cemetery excavation supervisor Adam Aja examines a 10th-9th century BC burial during the excavation of the Philistine cemetery by the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon

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Member of the physical anthropology team examines a 10th-9th century BC burial during the excavation of thePhilistine cemetery by the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon

©Melissa Aja /Leon Levy Expedition

Photography of a 10th-9th century BC burial in the excavation of the Philistine cemetery by the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon

©Tsafrir Abayov/Leon Levy Expedition

10th-9th century BC burial in the excavation of the Philistine cemetery by the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon

©Tsafrir Abayov/Leon Levy Expedition

Student examines a 10th-9th century BC juglet from a burial during the excavation of the Philistine cemetery by the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon

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Excavation of the Philistine cemetery by the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon

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Student excavates a 10th-9th century BC burial in the excavation of the Philistine cemetery by the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon

©Melissa Aja /Leon Levy Expedition

10th-9th century BC burial in the excavation of the Philistine cemetery by the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon

©Tsafrir Abayov/Leon Levy Expedition

Member of the physical anthropology team documents a 10th-9th century BC burial in the excavation of the Philistine cemetery by the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon

©Melissa Aja /Leon Levy Expedition

Senior Staff Adam Aja, Sherry Fox, and Daniel Master discuss a 10th-9th century BC burial in the excavation of the Philistine cemetery by the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon

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Supervisor and student expose a 10th-9th century BC burial in the excavation of the Philistine cemetery by the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon

©Melissa Aja /Leon Levy Expedition

Students work to expose a 10th-9th century BC burial in the excavation of the Philistine cemetery by the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon

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Student exposes a 10th-9th century BC burial in the excavation of the Philistine cemetery by the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon

©Tsafrir Abayov/Leon Levy Expedition

Member of the physical anthropology team works on a skull from a 10th-9th century BC burial in the excavation of the Philistine cemetery by the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon

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Skull from a 10th-9th century BC burial in the excavation of the Philistine cemetery by the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon

©Tsafrir Abayov/Leon Levy Expedition

10th-9th century BC burial in the excavation of the Philistine cemetery by the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon

Juglet from a 10th-9th century BC burial in the excavation of the Philistine cemetery by the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon

Skull from a 10th-9th century BC burial in the excavation of the Philistine cemetery by the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon

Physical anthropologist Sherry Fox examines a 10th-9th century BC burial in the excavation of the Philistine cemetery by the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon

10th-9th century BC burial in the excavation of the Philistine cemetery by the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon

Photography and documentation of a 10th-9th century BC burial in the excavation of the Philistine cemetery by the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon

Senior Staff Sherry Fox, Adam Aja, and Daniel Master discuss a 10th-9th century BC burial in the excavation of the Philistine cemetery by the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon

10th-9th century BC burial in the excavation of the Philistine cemetery by the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon

The Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon