Eilat Mazar

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Full Name	Eilat Mazar
Occupation	Anthropologist
Date Of Birth	Sep 10, 1956(1956-09-10)
Age	68
Date Of Death	May 25, 2021
Birthplace	Israel
Country	Israel
Horoscope	Capricorn

Eilat Mazar Biography

Eilat Mazar is one of the most popular and richest Anthropologist who was born on September 10, 1956 in Israel, Israel. Eilat Mazar (Hebrew: אילת מזר ‎; born September 10, 1956) is an Israeli archaeologist, specializing in Jerusalem and Phoenician archaeology.

In 2007 Mazar uncovered what she suggested was Nehemiah’s wall.

In 2010 Mazar announced the discovery of part of the ancient city walls around the City of David which she believes date to the tenth century BCE. According to Mazar, “It’s the most significant construction we have from First Temple days in Israel” and “It means that at that time, the 10th century, in Jerusalem there was a regime capable of carrying out such construction.” The 10th century is the period the Bible describes as the reign of King Solomon. Not all archaeologists believe that there was a strong state at that time, and the archaeologist Aren Maeir is dubious about such claims and about Mazar’s dating.

In 2012, Mazar announced the discovery of inscription at the Ophel excavation. The Ophel inscription was made on a large storage jar, and only a piece of 8 letters has been preserved. Several readings were suggested, as well as several attributions, possibly to Jebusites or to Hebrews. It dates to 11th–10th century BCE.

However, Israel Finkelstein and other archaeologists from Tel Aviv University have flagged concern that, with reference to her 2006 dating of the “Solomonic city wall” in the area to the south of the Temple Mount known as the “Ophel”, “the biblical text dominates this field operation, not archaeology. Had it not been for Mazar’s literal reading of the biblical text, she never would have dated the remains to the 10th century BCE with such confidence. Regarding her dating of her City of David findings in general, and the Large Stone Structure in particular, the chronological data recovered in her excavations indicate that the sole Iron Age fortification system extending in this area was in use during the 8th–7th centuries BCE. However, according to the biblical sources the Solomonic city-wall must have passed here, hence [she maintains] the fortification system in question must be Solomonic in date.

Eilat Mazar Net Worth

Eilat Mazar is one of the richest Anthropologist from Israel. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Eilat Mazar 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Mazar obtained her Ph.D. from Hebrew University in 1997. She is the granddaughter of pioneering Israeli archaeologist Benjamin Mazar. She is a mother of four and resides in Jerusalem.

On August 4, 2005, Mazar announced she had discovered in Jerusalem what may have been the palace of the biblical King David, according to the Bible the second king of a united Kingdom of Israel, who may have ruled in the late eleventh century/early tenth century BCE. Now referred to as the Large Stone structure, Mazar’s discovery consists of a public building she dated from the 10th century BCE, a copper scroll, pottery from the same period, and a clay bulla, or inscribed seal, of Jehucal, son of Shelemiah, son of Shevi, an official mentioned at least twice in the Book of Jeremiah. In July 2008, she also found a second bulla, belonging to Gedaliah ben Pashhur, who is mentioned together with Jehucal in Jeremiah 38:1. The dig was sponsored by the Shalem Center and financed by an American investment banker Baron Corso de Palenzuela Ha Levi-Kahana Mayuha. The land is owned by the Ir David Foundation.

Mazar was also cautioned by epigrapher Ryan Byrne following the 2008 confusion over the inscription on the Shelomit seal, that “in the mad dash to report biblical artifacts to the public or connect discoveries with the most obscure persons or events reported in the Bible, there is sometimes a tendency to compromise the analytical caution that objects of such value so dearly deserve.”

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Eilat Ranked on the list of most popular Anthropologist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Israel. Eilat Mazar celebrates birthday on September 10 of every year.

What happened Eilat Mazar?

Mazar died on 25 May 2021. She was 64, and suffered from an unspecified long illness prior to her death.

When was the city of David discovered?

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What is Area G in Jerusalem?

Tue, 2012-03-20 14:54 — admin. Back to Virtual Tour > The stepped wall hillside of area G is the retaining wall of what many archeologists believe to be the “Citadel of Zion” mentioned in King David’s conquest of the city (Samuel II 5:9).

What is another word for Archaeology?

prehistory antiquarianism
excavation| paleohistory
paleology| palaeontologyUK
paleontologyUS| protohistory

Does the City of David still exist?

The site is believed to be the former royal city of the Israelite king David, from whom it takes its name, and is a holy site for Jews, Christians and Muslims. Parts of the ancient city were exposed in archaeological excavations conducted at the site, and today are part of the Jerusalem Walls National Park.