# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hanan-eshel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:35:57.290Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hanan-eshel"
name: "Hanan Eshel"
slug: "hanan-eshel"
description: "Hanan Eshel was an Israeli archaeologist and historian, well known in the field of Dead Sea Scrolls studies, although he did research in the Hasmonean and Bar Kokhba periods as well. With Magen Broshi he discovered a number of residential caves in the near vicinity of Qumran and co-published a number of historically significant documents from Qumran."
tagline: "Israeli archaeologist and historian (1958–2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HananEshel.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: "1958-07-25"
deathDate: "2010-04-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.27
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.672894666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4607383/"
    handle:    "nm4607383"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanan_Eshel"
    title: "Hanan Eshel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "هانان اشيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanan_Eshel"
    title: "Hanan Eshel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanan_Eshel"
    title: "Hanan Eshel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%84"
    title: "حنان اشل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%9F_%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%9C"
    title: "חנן אשל"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1574205"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump