In History
June 3, 1853 A.D. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie, who excavated Tel el-Hesi, the site of the first major archaeological excavations in Israel (then called Palestine), and became known as the “Father of Palestinian Archaeology,” is born in London.
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MLA Citation
“In History,” Biblical Archaeology Review 36.3 (2010): 22.