Who were the ancient people known as "Samaritans" mentioned in the Bible? Where did they come from? Did any of them survive until today?

The Jewish Samaritans live in Samaria today. They have lived in Samaria since they returned from the Exodus with Joshua. They are the remnant of the Northern ‘ten lost tribes,’ of Israel. They are a continuous presence in Samaria for about 4000 years.

They live by Mount Gerizim and Ebal, in what is known as The Territories by gentiles. .

They still practice Passover in the traditional way, killing the sheep for the Passover Feast. They are a very pacifist people and small in number so inbreeding has taken its toll.

Jordan was created in the middle of their country in 1947 by G Britain as the two state solution for the Arabs. Israel followed in 1948, but is a much smaller version of its ancient self - 1/4 the size of Utah in USA.

In Black September 1970 the King of Jordan expelled Arabs who had tried to assassinate him into Judea and Samaria. They treat the Samaritans badly.

The Samaritans have their own version of the Torah written in their ancient script.

They turn to the Israelis for medical assistance. Their genes have been examined. They are heavy with the mutated Jewish ‘Priestly Gene,’ aka the Aaron gene.

Above: Samaritans welcoming guests for Passover, preparing the sheep in some photos. Several thousand attend from other places. The Samaritans make a big feast for all of them as that was always done in ancient times. They are on the side of Mt Gerizim as the summit was desecrated with a Muslim graveyard. Kohens cannot come in contact with the dead. During various times in the service the Torah, aka ‘Old Testament’ is held high so all May see it.