Amos Kloner
{{Short description|Israeli archaeologist and professor (1940–2019)}}
Amos Kloner (Hebrew: עמוס קלונר; February 26, 1940 – March 16, 2019) was an Israeli archaeologist and professor emeritus.
[http://www1.biu.ac.il/index.php?id=3&pt=20&pid=4&level=1&cPath=4&type=1&news=533 "Bar-Ilan University had given "Emeritus Professor" title to 9 researchers and lectures in the university"], Bar-Ilan University site, March 24, 2009
Academic career
Amos Kloner taught in the Martin Szusz Department of the Land of Israel Studies at Bar Ilan University in Ramat Gan. His fields were Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine archaeology.{{cite web |url=http://lisa.biu.ac.il/en/node/1588 |title=Amos Kloner {{!}} The Martin (Szusz) Department of |website=lisa.biu.ac.il |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721133624/http://lisa.biu.ac.il/en/node/1588 |archive-date=2011-07-21}}
Archaeology career
One of Kloner's most important work was the research regarding underground cavities in Judaea, the research proved the connection between the Bar Kokhba revolt and the fact that most cavities were used as Bar Kokhba hiding complexes.{{Cite web |title=מערכות-המסתור בשפלת יהודה{{!}} עמוס קלונר , יגאל טפר |url=https://www.kibutz-poalim.co.il/page_57889 |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=www.kibutz-poalim.co.il |language=he-IL}} Kloner along with Boaz Zissu led the Israel Antiquities Authority's excavations and research of the Second Temple period of the Necropolis of Jerusalem.{{Cite book |last=Kloner |first=Amos |title=The Necropolis of Jerusalem in the Second Temple Period |publisher=Peeters Publishers |year=2007 |isbn=978-9042917927 |publication-date=November 8, 2007}} One of the findings was the Talpiot Tomb in 1980.{{Cite web |url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070228-jesus-tomb.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2007-03-01 |archive-date=2007-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029144206/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070228-jesus-tomb.html |url-status=dead }} In the 1990s, he was on the team that excavated the Byzantine site of Beit Guvrin.[http://www.iaa-conservation.org.il/Projects_Item_eng.asp?site_id=57&subject_id=9 Conservation Department: Bet Guvrin]
Published works (English)
- {{cite book|author1=Amos Kloner|author2=Agudah le-seḳer arkheʼologi shel Yiśraʼel|title=Survey of Jerusalem: the northwestern sector, introduction and indices|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PcBtAAAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Israel Antiquities Authority|isbn=978-965-406-080-6}}
- {{cite book|author1=Amos Kloner|author2=Donald T. Ariel|title=Maresha Excavations Final Report: Subterranean complexes 21, 44, 70|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gnigAAAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Israel Antiquities Authority|isbn=978-965-406-150-6}}
- {{cite book|author1=Adi Erlich|author2=Amos Kloner|title=Maresha Excavations Final Report II: Hellenistic Terracotta Figurines from the 1989-1996 Seasons|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r9kMAQAAMAAJ|date=31 March 2010|publisher=Israel Antiquities Authority|isbn=978-965-406-212-1}}
- {{cite book|author1=Amos Kloner|author2=Adi Erlich|title=Maresha Excavations Final Report: Hellenistic terracotta figurines from the 1989-1996 seasons|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O-xNPgAACAAJ|year=2008|publisher=Israel Antiquities Authority|isbn=978-965-406-201-5}}
- {{cite book|author1=Amos Kloner|author2=Boaz Zissu|title=The Necropolis of Jerusalem in the Second Temple period|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zeQuAQAAIAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Peeters|isbn=978-90-429-1792-7}}
- {{cite book|author1=Gideon Avni|author2=Uzi Dahari|author3=Amos Kloner|title=The necropolis of Bet Guvrin-Eleutheropolis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UN4MAQAAMAAJ|year=2008|publisher=Israel Antiquities Authority|isbn=978-965-406-214-5}}
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Category:Israeli archaeologists