Interesting article.
When they weren’t crushing their neighbors, apparently they collected herbs. :^)
Sex, drugs and Philistines: A biblical psychedelic scene
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3295125/posts
Giving Goliath His Due (probably out of print)
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/2552762/posts?page=12#12
The Philistines were Greeks, the Egyptian “Sea Peoplea”