Yohanan Aharoni

Aharoni on an archaeological tour of Har Karkom mountain, 1954. Photo by Beno Rothenberg. Yohanan Aharoni (; 7 June 1919 – 9 February 1976) was a German-born Israeli archaeologist and historical geographer, chairman of the Department of Near East Studies and chairman of the Institute of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University.

Life Born to the Aronheim family, in Germany on 7 June 1919, Aharoni immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1933. He studied at the Hebrew Reali School in Haifa, and later at the Mikve Yisrael agricultural school. He married Miriam Gross

Aharoni participated in many excavations, including Ramat Rachel, Tel Arad, Tel Be'er Sheva, Tel Hazor and Lachish. 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.

Publications In addition to numerous articles published in archaeological journals, Aharoni wrote several books:

The Land of the Bible: A Historical Geography (1967); original Hebrew edition: 'Land of Israel in Biblical Times - Historical Geography', Bialik Institute (1962) Beer-Sheba I: Excavations at Tel Beer-Sheba, 1969-1971 (1973) Investigations at Lachish: The sanctuary and the residency (1975) The Arad Inscriptions with Joseph Naveh (1981) - English version Macmillan Bible Atlas with Michael Avi-Yonah (1993) Carta Bible Atlas (2002) The Archaeology of the Land of Israel (1978)