David Ussishkin
Israeli archaeologist
David Ussishkin (Hebrew: דוד אוסישקין; born 1935, aged 90–91) is an Israeli archaeologist and professor emeritus of archaeology.
Biography
David Ussishkin was born in Jerusalem. Ussishkin is the son of the lawyer Samuel Ussishkin and the grandson of the Zionist leader Menachem Ussishkin. He studied at Gymnasia Rehavia, in Rehavia and served in the Israel Defense Forces from 1953 till 1955 in the Giv'ati Brigade. He studied archaeology and Jewish History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem between 1955 and 1966. He received his B.A. in 1958, Master of Arts degree in Archaeology and Jewish History in 1962 (with distinction) and Ph. D. in 1966. His Doctoral Thesis on "The Neo-Hittite Monuments, their Dating and Style" was written under the guidance of professor Yigael Yadin. Beginning in 1966 and until his retirement in 2004 he taught archaeology of Israel and Hittite art at the University of Tel Aviv, receiving full professorship in 1985.
Academic and archaeology career
From 1966 to 2004, he taught archaeology at Tel Aviv University.
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