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Part of what made the Philistines so enigmatic was that once they arrived in the Levant, their connection to the Aegean slowly eroded. The Aegean pottery remains discovered by archaeologists demonstrates that the Philistines brought some of their cultural traditions with them across the Mediterranean, but the presence of native Canaanite pottery and other material culture shows that they were willing to quickly adapt to their new home. The presence of both Aegean and Canaanite material culture at the same dig levels has led many modern scholars to term the Philistines as a hybrid culture that kept some of their native Aegean traditions while adding both Canaanite traditions and people to their growing political structure. <ref> Yasur-Landau, Assaf. <i>The Philistines and Aegean Migration at the End of the Late Bronze Age.</i> (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010), p. 240</ref>

===The Philistine Confederacy and Israel===