Amihai Mazar


Amihai "Ami" Mazar is an Israeli archaeologist. Born in Haifa, Israel, he has been since 1994 a professor at the Institute of Archaeology of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, holding the Eleazer Sukenik Chair in the Archaeology of Israel.
Mazar is an author in the field of Biblical archaeology, his Archaeology of the Land of the Bible is a text used in many universities.
Mazar is married with three children and resides in Jerusalem. He is the nephew of Benjamin Mazar, one of the first generation of pioneering Israeli archaeologists after Independence, and cousin to fellow archaeologist Eilat Mazar.

Archaeological excavations

Mazar has directed archaeological excavations at a number of sites in Israel and the Palestinian territories that include:
While excavating the ancient city of Rehov Mazar discovered 30 intact hives, dating from c. 900 BCE, a time when the city had about 2,000 residents. The beehives, made of straw and unbaked clay, were found in orderly rows and may be the oldest complete beehives ever discovered.

Publications

Monographs

In 2009, Prof. Mazar was awarded the Israel Prize in archaeology.