Dr. Zemaryalai Tarzi (Pashto: زمریالی طرزی; 1939 – 19 July 2024)[1] was an Afghan archaeologist.
From 1973 to 1979, he was Director General of Archaeology and Preservation of Historical Monuments of Afghanistan as well as the Director of the Archaeology Institute of Afghanistan.
Tarzi was exiled to France in 1979, where he assumed the post of Professor of Eastern Archaeology at the University of Strasbourg.
[2] He was Director for the French Archaeological Missions for the Surveys and Excavations of Bamiyan from 2003 - 2013.
[4] Professor Tarzi was the author of over hundred articles and books, and served as president of the Association for the Protection of Afghan Archaeology (APAA), funded by his daughter Nadia Tarzi in 2002 and based in San Rafael, California.