Yoram Tsafrir

A professor emeritus of archaeology at Hebrew University’s Institute of Archaeology, Yoram Tsafrir (d. 2015) headed the institute from 1989 through 1992. He has also directed numerous excavations, including Beth-Shean, Rehovot-in-the-Negev and Horvat Berachot, and has served as an area supervisor at Arad, Masada and Megiddo.