# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eleazar-sukenik
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:55:39.111Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eleazar-sukenik"
name: "Eleazar Sukenik"
slug: "eleazar-sukenik"
description: "Eleazar Lipa Sukenik was an Israeli archaeologist and professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is best known for helping establish the Department of Archaeology at the Hebrew University and being one of the first academics to recognise the age and importance of the Dead Sea Scrolls. He also oversaw the uncovering of the Third Wall of ancient Jerusalem. He also was the director of the Museum of Jewish Antiquities at the Hebrew University."
tagline: "Israeli archaeologist (1889–1953)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/E_L_Sukenik_1951.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Israel"
  isoCode: "IL"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1889-08-12"
deathDate: "1953-02-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48
  momentum:             9.36
  historical:           9.625056
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Сукеник, Элеазар"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اليازار سوكينيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Eleazar Sukenik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleasar_Sukenik"
    title: "Eleasar Sukenik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleazar_Sukenik"
    title: "Eleazar Sukenik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleazar_Sukenik"
    title: "Eleazar Sukenik"
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  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%A2%D7%96%D7%A8_%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%90_%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A7"
    title: "אלעזר ליפא סוקניק"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleazar_Sukenik"
    title: "Eleazar Sukenik"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleazar_Sukenik"
    title: "Eleazar Sukenik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleazar_Sukenik"
    title: "Eleazar Sukenik"
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  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleazar_Sukenik"
    title: "Eleazar Sukenik"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump