# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-avi-yonah
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:03:03.511Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-avi-yonah"
name: "Michael Avi-Yonah"
slug: "michael-avi-yonah"
description: "Michael Avi-Yonah; born Julius Jonah Jehiel Buchstab was an Israeli archaeologist and art historian. During his career he was a professor of archaeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and served as secretary of Israel's Department of Antiquities. He published over 400 academic works, including books, journal articles, chapters and encyclopedia entries. He is credited with laying the foundations for the study of Classical and Byzantine archaeology in the Land of Israel/Palestine. Avi-Yonah designed the Holyland Model of Jerusalem."
tagline: "Israeli archaeologist and historian (1904-1974)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Israel"
  isoCode: "IL"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1904-09-26"
deathDate: "1974-03-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           11.35093733333333
  currentAttention:     50.65359477124184
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مايكل اڤى يوناه"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Avi-Yonah"
    title: "Michael Avi-Yonah"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Avi-Yonah"
    title: "Michael Avi-Yonah"
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    title: "مایکل آوی-یونا"
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    title: "Michael Avi-Yonah"
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    title: "מיכאל אבי-יונה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Avi-Yonah"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump