Dan Bahat
Dan Bahat (Hebrew: דן בהט, born 1938 in Lviv in Poland) is an Israeli archaeologist especially known for his excavations in Jerusalem, particularly at the Western Wall tunnels.
Biography
Dan Bahat was born in
PhD degree from the Hebrew University on the topic "Topography and Toponymy of Crusader Jerusalem" under the supervision of Joshua Prawer.[1]
Academic and archaeology career
Between 1963 and 1990 Bahat was employed by the Israel Government's Department of Antiquities, Ministry of Culture and Education, including as the District Archeologist of Jerusalem.
He taught until 2004 at Bar-Ilan University, Israel, and he is currently[when?] teaching at St. Michael College, University of Toronto, Canada.
Archaeological projects
In January 1992, Dan Bahat published the
short tons), the world's third largest block of stone used in building.[2]
Bahat led the two-season dig at
family.Published works
- Dan Bahat (1976). Twenty Centuries of Jewish Life in the Holy Land: The Forgotten Generations. The Israel Economist.
- Dan Bahat (1990). The Illustrated Atlas of Jerusalem. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0134516424.
- Dan Bahat (2002). The Western Wall Tunnels: Touching The Stones of Our Heritage. Israel MOD/The Western Wall Heritage Foundation. ISBN 978-9650512071.
- Dan Bahat (2004). The Atlas of Biblical Jerusalem. Carta. ISBN 978-0134516424.
- Dan Bahat and Chaim T. Rubinstein (2011). The Carta Jerusalem Atlas (formerly: Illustrated Atlas of Jerusalem). Carta, the Israel Map & Pub Co Ltd. ISBN 978-9652208071.
- Dan Bahat (2013). The Jerusalem western wall tunnel. ISBN 978-965-221-091-3.
References
- ^ a b c d Dan Bahat: Curriculum vitae Archived 2021-03-09 at the Wayback Machine Bar-Ilan University
- ^ Orlando Sentinel: Wailing Wall Includes One Of World's Biggest Blocks
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