Benjamin Mazar

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Israeli archaeologist Israeli historian archaeologist historian person

Benjamin Mazar was a prominent Israeli archaeologist and historian best known for his large-scale excavations around Jerusalem’s Temple Mount and his contributions to the study of ancient Israel.

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Benjamin Mazar canonical	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Israeli archaeologist ⓘ Israeli historian ⓘ archaeologist ⓘ historian ⓘ person ⓘ
awardReceived	Israel Prize ⓘ surface form: Israel Prize for Jewish studies Israel Prize ⓘ surface form: Israel Prize for Land of Israel studies
birthName	Binyamin Maisler ⓘ
burialPlace	Har HaMenuchot, Jerusalem ⓘ
citizenship	Israel ⓘ
countryOfBirth	Poland ⓘ
countryOfDeath	Israel ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1906-06-28 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1995-01-15 ⓘ
educatedAt	Hebrew University of Jerusalem ⓘ University of Breslau ⓘ
employer	Hebrew University of Jerusalem ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Near Eastern history ⓘ archaeology ⓘ biblical archaeology ⓘ history of ancient Israel ⓘ
knownFor	large-scale excavations near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem ⓘ leadership in Israeli archaeology ⓘ research on the history of ancient Israel ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	German ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ Polish ⓘ
mainInterest	biblical period archaeology ⓘ history of ancient Israel ⓘ
memberOf	Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities ⓘ
movedTo	Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
notableWork	Archaeological excavations at En-Gedi ⓘ Archaeological excavations at Tel Qasile ⓘ Temple courts in Jerusalem ⓘ surface form: Excavations south and southwest of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem
occupation	archaeologist ⓘ historian ⓘ university administrator ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Częstochowa ⓘ surface form: Częstochowa, Poland
placeOfDeath	Jerusalem ⓘ surface form: Jerusalem, Israel
positionHeld	Chairman of the Jewish National Fund ⓘ Head of the Israel Exploration Society ⓘ President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem ⓘ Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem ⓘ Rector of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem ⓘ
relative	Amihai Mazar ⓘ Eilat Mazar ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
spouse	Zipporah Maisler ⓘ
yearOfImmigration	1929 ⓘ

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Herodian street and drainage system → excavatedBy → Benjamin Mazar ⓘ

Tell Qasile archaeological site → excavatedBy → Benjamin Mazar ⓘ

subject surface form: Tell Qasile