ARCHAEOLOGIST

Israel Finkelstein

1949 - Today

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Israel Finkelstein (Hebrew: ישראל פינקלשטיין‎; born March 29, 1949) is an Israeli archaeologist, professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University and the head of the School of Archaeology and Maritime Cultures at the University of Haifa. Finkelstein is active in the archaeology of the Levant and is an applicant of archaeological data in reconstructing biblical history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Israel Finkelstein has received more than 348,196 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Israel Finkelstein is the 77th most popular archaeologist (up from 81st in 2019), the 251st most popular biography from Israel (down from 233rd in 2019) and the most popular Israeli Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Israel Finkelstein ranks 77 out of 151. Before him are Joseph Orbeli, Florentino Ameghino, Sven Nilsson, William F. Albright, Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger, and Sylvanus Morley. After him are Halet Çambel, Kathleen Kenyon, Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae, Johann Andreas Wagner, Charles Dawson, and Ernesto Schiaparelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Israel Finkelstein ranks 316. Before him are Simon Callow, Luís Pereira, Alan White, Minette Walters, Caroline Munro, and Nurit Peled-Elhanan. After him are Jean Asselborn, Andrew Latimer, Sally Potter, Paulo César Carpegiani, John Akii-Bua, and Janet Ågren.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Israel Finkelstein ranks 251 out of 466. Before him are Yossi Beilin (1948), Avi Dichter (1952), David Deutsch (1953), Amnon Lipkin-Shahak (1944), Amira Hass (1956), and Nurit Peled-Elhanan (1949). After him are Ayelet Zurer (1969), Nehemiah Persoff (1919), Ari Folman (1962), Benny Morris (1948), Yossi Benayoun (1980), and Yaakov Neeman (1939).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In Israel

Among archaeologists born in Israel, Israel Finkelstein ranks 1. 

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