Yigael Yadin

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Israeli person archaeologist human military officer politician

Yigael Yadin was an Israeli archaeologist, military leader, and politician renowned for directing major excavations such as those at Masada and Hazor.

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Label Occurrences
Yigael Yadin canonical 8
Yigael Yadin Chair in the Archaeology of Eretz Israel 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Israeli person ⓘ
archaeologist ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
academicWork Hazor: The Rediscovery of a Great Citadel of the Bible ⓘ
Masada ⓘ
surface form: Masada: Herod’s Fortress and the Zealots’ Last Stand

The Art of Warfare in Biblical Lands ⓘ
birthDate 1917-03-21 ⓘ
burialPlace Mount Herzl ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Israel ⓘ
deathDate 1984-06-28 ⓘ
directedExcavation Hazor ⓘ
Masada ⓘ
Qumran ⓘ
surface form: Qumran area
educatedAt Hebrew University of Jerusalem ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jews ⓘ
surface form: Jewish people
familyName Yadin ⓘ
father Eleazar Sukenik ⓘ
fieldOfWork archaeology ⓘ
biblical archaeology ⓘ
military history ⓘ
givenName Yigal ⓘ
surface form: Yigael
knownFor excavations at Hazor ⓘ
Masada ⓘ
surface form: excavations at Masada

research on Dead Sea Scrolls ⓘ
service as IDF Chief of Staff ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Movement ⓘ
Democratic Movement for Change ⓘ
militaryRank Lieutenant General ⓘ
name Yigael Yadin self-link ⓘ
occupation archaeologist ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
participatedIn Arab–Israeli War of 1948 ⓘ
surface form: 1948 Arab–Israeli War
placeOfBirth Jerusalem ⓘ
placeOfDeath Jerusalem ⓘ
positionHeld Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
Deputy Prime Minister of Israel ⓘ
Member of the Knesset ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
servedIn Haganah ⓘ
Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
spouse Carmel Yadin ⓘ
studied archaeology ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Masada → excavatedBy → Yigael Yadin ⓘ
Megiddo → excavatedBy → Yigael Yadin ⓘ
Hazor → excavatedBy → Yigael Yadin ⓘ
Lachish → excavatedBy → Yigael Yadin ⓘ
Western Palace → excavatedBy → Yigael Yadin ⓘ
Yigael Yadin → name → Yigael Yadin self-link ⓘ
Tell el-Mutesellim → excavatedBy → Yigael Yadin ⓘ
Amnon Ben-Tor → positionHeld → Yigael Yadin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yigael Yadin Chair in the Archaeology of Eretz Israel
Amnon Ben-Tor → supervisedBy → Yigael Yadin ⓘ