Beno Rothenberg (Hebrew: בנו רותנברג; October 23, 1914, in Frankfurt am Main – March 13, 2012, in Ramat Gan, Israel) was an Israeli photographer, archaeologist, and one of the founders of archaeometallurgy.

[1] For the next several decades, he documented archaeological work in Israel,[1] while also resuming his studies at the University of Frankfurt, where he received his PhD in 1961.

[1] His photography led him to work with American archaeologist Nelson Glueck in the 1950s surveying biblical sites for King Solomon's mines.

He later worked with Yohanan Aharoni, whose scientific approach influenced Rothenberg and created frictions with Glueck, who was more inclined towards biblical literalism.

[2][3] In 1968, Rothenberg joined American Theodore Wertime, "on a long reconnaissance journey through Turkey, Iran and Afghanistan in search of the origins of pyrotechnology".