Ben Tor awarded Israel Prize

CONGRATULATIONS! BENNETT AWARDS ISRAEL PRIZE IN ARCHAEOLOGY TO PROF. AMNON BEN TOR. Professor Amnon Ben tor is famous in his field for his strict scientific rigor and humor as a lecturer (Hagay Hacohen, Jerusalem Post). A well-deserved honor.

Incidentally, according to this article, Professor Ben Tor does believe in the biblical United Monarchy.

Now all he needs is to find the Hazor royal archives for the capstone of his career.

For notices of some past winners of the Israel Prize, see here and links.

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