# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benjamin-mazar
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:25:11.783Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benjamin-mazar"
name: "Benjamin Mazar"
slug: "benjamin-mazar"
description: "Benjamin Mazar was a pioneering Israeli historian, recognized as the \"dean\" of biblical archaeologists. He shared the national passion for the archaeology of Israel that also attracts considerable international interest due to the region's biblical links. He is known for his excavations at the most significant biblical site in Israel: south and south west of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. In 1932 he conducted the first archaeological excavation under Jewish auspices in Israel at Beit She'arim and in 1948 was the first archaeologist to receive a permit granted by the new State of Israel. Mazar was trained as an Assyriologist and was an expert on biblical history, authoring more than 100 publications on the subject. He developed the field of historical geography of Israel. For decades he served as the chairman of the Israel Exploration Society and of the Archaeological Council of Israel. Between 1951 and 1977, Mazar served as Professor of Biblical History and Archaeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 1952 he became Rector of the university and later its president for eight years commencing in 1953."
tagline: "Israeli historian and biblical archaeologist (1906-1995)"
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gender: "male"
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  isoCode: "IL"
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birthDate: "1906-06-28"
deathDate: "1995-09-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump