The Dayan Saga—The Man and His Archaeological Collection

Beginning October 14, 1982, the Israel Museum in Jerusalem will exhibit a few selected highlights from the Moshe Dayan collection of antiquities, which the museum recently acquired for $1 million following Dayan’s death a year ago. In this preview, about 15 of the outstanding examples of the huge collection, comprising 800 to 900 objects, will be exhibited publicly for the first time. A full catalogued exhibition will not be seen until sometime in 1985. The story of the Dayan collection is intimately intertwined with the story of the man himself—brilliant, controversial and dramatic. One of Israel’s great generals and […]