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Atiqot
The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA, ; , before 1990, the Israel Department of Antiquities) is an independent Israeli governmental authority responsible for enforcing the 1978 Antiquities Law of the State of Israel of 1978, Law of Antiquities. The IAA regulates excavation and conservation, and promotes research. The Director-General is Eli Escusido - sometimes written Eskosido. The Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein National Campus for the Archaeology of Israel is the new home of the IAA, located on Museum Hill, in the heart of Jerusalem, capital of the State of Israel,.The campus is planned on 20,000 square meters between the Israel Museum and the Bible Lands Museum by Architect Moshe Safdie. The aim of the National Campus is to exhibit approximately two million ancient artifacts and make them accessible to the public. The National Campus serves as a center for research, education, demonstration, display, and explanation of Israel's cultural heritage across its various cult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerusalem
Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world, and is considered Holy city, holy to the three major Abrahamic religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Both Israel and Palestine claim Jerusalem as their capital city; Israel maintains its primary governmental institutions there, while Palestine ultimately foresees it as its seat of power. Neither claim is widely Status of Jerusalem, recognized internationally. Throughout History of Jerusalem, its long history, Jerusalem has been destroyed at least twice, Siege of Jerusalem (other), besieged 23 times, captured and recaptured 44 times, and attacked 52 times. According to Eric H. Cline's tally in Jerusalem Besieged. The part of Jerusalem called the City of David (historic), City of David shows first signs of settlement in the 4th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amir Drori
Amir Drori (; 1937–2005) was an Israeli general, founder and the first director general of the Israel Antiquities Authority. Military career Amir Drori was born in Tel Aviv in 1937 and graduated from the IDF's Junior Command Preparatory School in Haifa. He was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in 1955, where he joined the Golani infantry brigade. During the 1956 Suez Crisis Drori led a demolition team and participated in fighting in Rafah and the Sinai. He was awarded the Medal of Courage for his part in the Israeli raid on the Syrian village of Tawafiq in 1960. During the 1967 Six-Day War Drori served as deputy commander of Golani's 51st Battalion and took part in fighting on the Golan Heights. During the subsequent War of Attrition he commanded Golani's 13th Battlation, participating in fighting on the Golan Heights, Beit She'an Valley, the Jordan Valley and along the Suez Canal. Between 1970 and 1972 he served as the chief operations officer of Israel's Southern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haaretz
''Haaretz'' (; originally ''Ḥadshot Haaretz'' – , , ) is an List of newspapers in Israel, Israeli newspaper. It was founded in 1918, making it the longest running newspaper currently in print in Israel. The paper is published in Hebrew language, Hebrew and English language, English in the Berliner (format), Berliner format, and is also available online. In North America, it is published as a weekly newspaper, combining articles from the Friday edition with a roundup from the rest of the week. ''Haaretz'' is Israel's newspaper of record. It is known for its Left-wing politics, left-wing and Liberalism in Israel, liberal stances on domestic and foreign issues. ''Haaretz'' has the third-largest Print circulation, circulation in Israel. It is widely read by international observers, especially in its English edition, and discussed in the international press. According to the Center for Research Libraries, among Israel's daily newspapers, "''Haaretz'' is considered the most infl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levi Rahmani
Levi Yizhaq Rahmani (; d. 3 September 2013) was an Israeli archeologist and Chief Curator of Israel Antiquities Authority, and notable for his work on tombs, ossuaries and ''ossilegia'' (bone gatherings) in the Second Temple period. Ossuaries are generally catalogued as "Rahmani no. 9", etc., following the numbering in Rahmani's 1994 catalogue. Rahmani's work includes explanations of why sometimes iron nails were found in some tombs - unrelated to Roman crucifixion nails, and the earlier dating of tombs. Works * L. Y. Rahmani, Ossuaries and Bone-Gathering in the Late Second Temple Period, Qad 1 1 (1978) 102-1 12, figs. (Hebrew) * L. Y. Rahmani, Roman Tombs in Shmuel HaNavi Street, Jerusalem, IEJ 10(1960) 140-149 * L. Y. Rahmani, Jewish Tombs in the Romema... * L. Y. Rahmani, The Decoration on Jewish Ossuaries as Representation of Jerusalem's Tombs (unpublished English abstract of doctoral dissertation in Hebrew, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1977) * Papers on the archaeology of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eli Escusido
Eli most commonly refers to: * Eli (name), a given name, nickname and surname * Eli (biblical figure) Eli or ELI may also refer to: Film * ''Eli'' (2015 film), a Tamil film * ''Eli'' (2019 film), an American horror film Music * ''Eli'' (Jan Akkerman album) (1976) * ''Eli'' (Supernaut album) (2006) Places * Alni, Ardabil Province, Iran, also known as Elī * Eli, Mateh Binyamin, an Israeli settlement in the West Bank * Éile or Éli, a medieval kingdom in Ireland * Eli, Kentucky, United States * Eli, Nebraska, United States * Eli, West Virginia, United States Other uses * ''Eli'' (opera), an opera by Walter Steffens * ELI (programming language) * Earth Learning Idea * English language institute * Environmental Law Institute, an American environmental law policy organization * European Law Institute * European Legislation Identifier * Extreme Light Infrastructure, a high energy laser research facility of the European Union * Eli, someone from Yale University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yisrael Hasson
Yisrael Hasson (; born 27 April 1955) is an Israeli politician and former Deputy Director of Shin Bet. He served as a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu and Kadima between 2006 and 2014, before becoming Chairman of the Israel Antiquities Authority. Biography Hasson was born in Damascus and made aliyah to Israel at the age of seven. He served in Shin Bet for twenty-three years and is considered a celebrated agents' recruiter and operations leader. He was involved in the negotiations behind the Wye River, Taba, and Hebron agreements, as well as Ehud Barak's negotiations in Camp David. He has also been Israel's envoy to Arab countries on numerous occasions. During his last position in the Shabak, he was nominated as its Deputy Director, under Ami Ayalon. In 2001, after Ariel Sharon told him to ignore a cease-fire offer from Marwan Barghouti during the Second Intifada, Hasson resigned from the organization and entered business. He founded the Hasson Energy company which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yehoshua Dorfman
Yehoshua (Shuka) Dorfman (; 1950 - 31 July 2014) was an Israeli military officer and the Director General of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA). Career Dorfman had practically no formal archaeological training, his academic training being in Political Science, which he studied at Haifa University. He served in a number of military positions, reaching the rank of Brigadier General. He saw combat in the War of Attrition, the Lebanon War and the Yom Kippur War. As chief artillery officer, he commanded the artillery corps during the Operation Accountability attack against Lebanon. He retired from the IDF in 2000. Dorfman headed the IAA for almost 15 years, from November 2000 until his death in 2014, his tenure as director general having been extended twice. During his time as director, the organization expanded the scope of archaeological rescue excavations of sites threatened by land development and construction. He promoted conservation efforts and the development of exca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avraham Biran
Avraham Biran (; born 23 October 1909 – 16 September 2008) was an Israeli archaeologist, best known for heading excavations at Tel Dan in northern Israel. He headed the Institute of Archaeology at Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem for many years. Biography Avraham Bergman (later Biran) was born in 1909 in Petah Tikva, then part of the Ottoman Empire. He liked to refer to himself as a ''Mayflower Israeli'', since his ancestors were among the founders of the settlement of Rosh Pina. During his youth his family moved to Egypt, where his father managed a farm in a small village. His Romanian-born great-grandfather came to Palestine decades before Theodor Herzl launched political Zionism in 1897. After his father's death the family returned to Palestine and he grew up in his grandparents house until the age of 13. He studied at the Hebrew Reali School of Haifa which he says left a lifelong impression on him. He said: My initial interest in archaeology began when I was a student at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shmuel Yeivin
Shemuel Yeivin (Hebrew: שמואל ייבין; September 2, 1896 – February 28, 1982), also spelled Shmuel, was an Israeli archaeologist and the first director of the Israel Antiquities Authority. Early life and education Shemuel Yeivin was born in Odessa, in the Jewish Pale of Settlement of the Russian Empire, on 2 September 1896. His father was Nissan Yeivin, a descendant of Rabbi , from whom the family derived their surname. His mother, , went on to become a noted women's rights activist and member of the Jewish National Council and Assembly of Representatives. Following the 1905 Odessa pogrom, Esther and her children joined the Second Aliyah and emigrated to Palestine, then part of the Ottoman Empire. Their father joined them in 1908, purchasing a farm in Gedera. The family later moved to Tel Aviv, where Shemuel studied at the Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium. After graduating from Herzliya in 1914, Yeivin was drafted into the Ottoman Army to fight in the First World War, se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Program Of The National Campus Archaeology Of The Land Of Israel
Program (American English; also Commonwealth English in terms of computer programming and related activities) or programme (Commonwealth English in all other meanings), programmer, or programming may refer to: Business and management * Program management, the process of managing several related projects * Time management * Program, a part of planning Arts and entertainment Audio * Programming (music), generating music electronically * Radio programming, act of scheduling content for radio * Synthesizer programmer, a person who develops the instrumentation for a piece of music Video or television * Broadcast programming, scheduling content for television * Program music, a type of art music that attempts to render musically an extra-musical narrative * Synthesizer patch or program, a synthesizer setting stored in memory * "Program", an instrumental song by Linkin Park from '' LP Underground Eleven'' * Programmer, a film on the lower half of a double feature bill; see B-movie Sci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
