Yohanan Aharoni

Yohanan Aharoni (Hebrew: יוחנן אהרוני; 7 June 1919 – 9 February 1976) was an Israeli archaeologist and historical geographer, chairman of the Department of Near East Studies and chairman of the Institute of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University.

[1] Born to the Aronheim[2] family, in Germany on 7 June 1919, Aharoni immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1933.

However, in 1968, he moved to Tel Aviv University and replaced Shemuel Yeivin as chairman of the Department of Near East Studies.

He also studied ancient roadways in the Negev, and participated in the discovery of the Bar Kokhba caves while surveying and excavating the Dead Sea region in 1953.

In addition to numerous articles published in archaeological journals, Aharoni wrote several books:[4]