# Human remains from Bronze and Iron Age burials at Ashkelon

> Ten individuals whose genomes show European-related ancestry arriving in the early Iron Age.

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/artifacts/ART0D4658HW7RA3/human-remains-from-bronze-and-iron-age-burials-at-ashkelon  
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**ART** 0D4658HW7RA3·Artifact · sample

# Human remains from Bronze and Iron Age burials at Ashkelon

SampleCC BY-NC 4.0Late Bronze Age to Iron Age II burials; genomes published 2019

[Cite]

**Not kept here.** This copy isn't ours to show. [See it where it's published](https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aax0061).

Ten individuals whose genomes show European-related ancestry arriving in the early Iron Age.

Feldman et al., 2019. CC BY-NC 4.0

## Copies 1

**Dataset** Feldman et al. · doi.org · 2019 · CC BY-NC 4.0Primary source: [Ancient DNA sheds light on the genetic origins of early Iron Age Philistines](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D464CQ822HT/ancient-dna-sheds-light-on-the-genetic-origins-of-early-iron)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aax0061)

## Where it was made

[Ashkelon](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D464GCE7WJC/ashkelon) · City

## Sources 1

- [Ancient DNA sheds light on the genetic origins of early Iron Age Philistines](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D464CQ822HT/ancient-dna-sheds-light-on-the-genetic-origins-of-early-iron)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Human remains from Bronze and Iron Age burials at Ashkelon [Artifact ART0D4658HW7RA3]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D4658HW7RA3
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Key

**ART** 0D4658HW7RA3

Kind

Sample

Held by

National Natural History Collections, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (the Iron Age skeletal material, per Feldman et al.)

Dated

Late Bronze Age to Iron Age II burials; genomes published 2019

Licence

CC BY-NC 4.0

Place

[Ashkelon](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D464GCE7WJC/ashkelon)

Part of

[Late Bronze Age collapse](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse)

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