Saar Ganor () is an Israeli archaeologist. He was the director, along with
Yosef Garfinkel, of excavations at
Khirbet Qeiyafa
Khirbet Qeiyafa (), also known as Elah Fortress and in Hebrew as Horbat Qayafa (), is the site of an ancient fortress city overlooking the Valley of Elah and dated to the first half of the 10th century BCE. The ruins of the fortress were uncove ...
, thought to be Biblical Sha'arayim. He is inspector for the
Israel Antiquities Authority and a lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Ganor noticed the unusual scale of the walls at Khirbet Qeiyafa while patrolling the area in 2003. Three years later he persuaded Garfinkel to take a look, and, after a preliminary dig in 2007, they began work in earnest in the summer of 2008. They have excavated only 4 percent of the six-acre settlement so far.
[The Associated Press ]
Have Israeli archaeologists found world's oldest Hebrew inscription?
Haaretz.com, Oct. 30, 2008
Excavations
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Khirbet Qeiyafa
Khirbet Qeiyafa (), also known as Elah Fortress and in Hebrew as Horbat Qayafa (), is the site of an ancient fortress city overlooking the Valley of Elah and dated to the first half of the 10th century BCE. The ruins of the fortress were uncove ...
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Israeli archaeologists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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