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Avraham Biran
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 8:57 am
by Minimalist
On a mailing list I belong to there is word that this almost legendary figure in Israeli archaeology has passed away at the age of nearly 99.
Biran led the team which discovered the Tel Dan stele in 1993.
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 8:23 am
by Minimalist
It took a while but I finally found an English language obituary.
http://www.huc.edu/news/08/9/biranobit/
Dr. Avraham Biran, the renowned Israeli archaeologist and Director of the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Israel since 1974, died on September 16, 2008 in Jerusalem. In 2002 Dr. Biran was presented with State of Israel's greatest honor, the Israel Prize, in recognition of his enormous contributions to archaeological excavation, research, and publication.