# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-mertens
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:06:44.166Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-mertens"
name: "Joseph Mertens"
slug: "joseph-mertens"
description: "Joseph Mertens was an accomplished 20th-century Belgian archaeologist, known for his excavations of Alba Fucens and Herdonia."
tagline: "Belgian archaeologist (1921-2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jozef_Mertens.tif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1921-01-17"
deathDate: "2007-07-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.03
  momentum:             2.555555555555555
  historical:           7.204068
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Mertens"
    title: "Joseph Mertens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "جوزيف ميرتنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "جوزيف ميرتنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Mertens_(Arch%C3%A4ologe)"
    title: "Joseph Mertens (Archäologe)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Mertens"
    title: "Joseph Mertens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Mertens"
    title: "Joseph Mertens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Mertens"
    title: "Joseph Mertens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jozef_Mertens"
    title: "Jozef Mertens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6285521"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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