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Bernard Goldman (1922 – 2006) was an art historian and
archeologist Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes ...
specializing in
ancient Near East The ancient Near East was the home of early civilizations within a region roughly corresponding to the modern Middle East: Mesopotamia (modern Iraq, southeast Turkey, southwest Iran and northeastern Syria), ancient Egypt, ancient Iran (Ela ...
ern art and archeology. He was the author of several books including ''The Sacred Portal'', ''Reading and Writing in the Arts'', and ''The Ancient Arts of Western and Central Asia''. Goldman received his PhD from the
University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...
and was a professor of art history at
Wayne State University Wayne State University (WSU) is a public research university in Detroit, Michigan. It is Michigan's third-largest university. Founded in 1868, Wayne State consists of 13 schools and colleges offering approximately 350 programs to nearly 25,000 ...
. Goldman was an expert in ancient Persian art and spent a great deal of his time in Iran. Goldman was a friend and colleague of Donald Wilber. Goldman was married to
Norma Goldman Norma Wynick Goldman (March 30, 1922 – October 1, 2011) was an American classics scholar, author, professor at Wayne State University, and president of the Detroit Classical Association. Her works include textbooks of the Latin language as well ...
, a classicist, Latin scholar and professor who authored many books including the best selling Latin textbook, ''Latin Via Ovid''.


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1922 births 2006 deaths American art historians University of Michigan alumni Wayne State University faculty {{US-art-historian-stub