The distinguished Israeli archaeologist Gabriel (“Gaby”) Barkay passed away on January 11, at the age of 81. Born in Budapest in 1944, he survived the Holocaust as an infant and later immigrated to Israel. He devoted his life to uncovering the layers of history beneath the Holy Land, with particular interests in burial customs, art, and epigraphy. A professor and lecturer at institutions including Bar-Ilan University and Jerusalem University College, Barkay became a leading voice in biblical archaeology. He received numerous honors, among them the Jerusalem Prize for Archaeological Research and the Yakir Yerushalayim award, and was widely lauded as […]
