Shimon Dar

Shimon Dar (Hebrew: שמעון דר September 15, 1935) is a senior Israeli archaeologist, who is a proffesor Emeritus at the Bar-Ilan University.

Shimon Dar
שמעון דר
Born	(1935-09-15) 15 September 1935 Lublin, Poland
Nationality	Israel
Academic work
Discipline	Archaeologist
Institutions	Bar-Ilan University

Biography

Dar was born in 1935 in Lublin, Poland. He studied archaeology at the Avshalom Institute between the years 1957 to 1960. From 1969 to 1981 he studied at Tel-Aviv University for his B.A. and M.A. (with distinction) followed by his Ph.D. studies of History of the Jewish People. His doctorate was "The Settlement Pattern of Western Samaria in the Periods of the Second Temple, Mishna, the Talmud and the Byzantine Period". Later to be published as a book in Hebrew in 1982. The book was translated to English in 1986.

In 1980 Dar became a Teaching Associate at the Bar-Ilan university. In 1998 he became a professor and by 1999 Head of Department Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology, until 2002. Following that he became Professor Emeritus in 2023.

Archaeological excavations

Dar took part in many archaeological excavation conducted throughout the Land of Israel. in 1956 to 1960 he was part of the team excavating the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Judaean Desert. He later led excavations in Samaria at Qarawat Beni Hasan, H. Jamain - an Iron Age II village, today located within the settlement of Ma'ale Shomron. Further excavations took place at Beit Lid, H. A-Najar and Um Rihan, Horvat Sumaqa and several other site on Mount Carmel.

Personal life

Shimon Dar is married, has 3 children and lives in Ma'abarot ever since he came to Israel.

Books

• Landscape and Pattern, Part i: An Archaeological Survey of Samaria 800 B.C.E. - 636 C.E.
• Landscape and Pattern, Part ii: An Archaeological Survey of Samaria 800 B.C.E. - 636 C.E.