You are hereHomeBARJanuary/February 1989Excavating in Samson Country—Philistines and Israelites at Tel Batash For Tel Miqne (Ekron), see: Trude Dothan and Seymour Gitin, The Rise and Fall of Ekron of the Philistines, Biblical Archaeologist 50 (1987), pp. 197222. Join the BAS Library! Already a library member? Log in here. Institution user? Log in with your IP address.