Boaz Zissu
Boaz Zissu ( Hebrew בועז זיסו; born 1966 ) is an Israeli Classical Archaeologist .
Zissu studied archeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem from 1988 to 1997 . He did his PhD in 2002 under Dan Barag with a thesis on rural settlement in the Judean Mountains. He then studied Ancient History and Mediterranean Archeology at the University of California at Berkeley and at the University of Calgary in Alberta. Since 2011 he has been professor of Classical Archeology at the Martin (Szusz) Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archeology at Bar-Ilan University .
Zissu worked as excavation director in Jerusalem, Ketef Jericho and in the Judean Mountains and the surrounding area (Horvat Etri, 1999–2002).
His main research interests are the Bar Kochba rebellion , the archeology of Israel in the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods and the archaeological investigation of natural and man-made caves.
Web links
- Bar-Ilan University: Prof. Boaz Zissu
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zissu, Boaz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | בועז זיסו (Hebrew) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli Classical Archaeologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1966 |