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Dan Barag. photo by Gabi Laron

Prof. Dan Barag

1935-2009

Born in 1935 in London, to parents who would later become well-known Freudian psychoanalysts, and brought up in Tel Aviv, Dan Barag's interest in archaeology was kindled at an early age. In 1956 he moved to Jerusalem to study archaeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Prof. Benjamin Mazar (photo courtesy of the B. Mazar archive)

Prof. Benjamin Mazar

1906-1995

"Benjamin Mazar was a prominent historian and archeologist who pioneered a synthesis of biblical research with historical geography in Israel (…)