EILAT MAZAR -BORN 1956 DIED 2021 -"QUEEN OF JERUSALEM ARCHAEOLOGY" -16X20
An original painting from a photograph of Eilat Mazar created exclusively for goophicusgraphicus. There are over 20 original paintings of famous people from the past we call Rare People. Within the Great Minds Collection you will also find Rare Earth People, the same portraits with quotes for mugs and t-shirts.
THE STORY BEHIND THE PAINTING
Within about two months after her death, the idea came to mind to commission her painting and include her with people far more well known worldwide. The reason for her inclusion within the Rare Earth People Collection is because her work will become very well known and is more important and lasting compared to some of the most famous people known in history.
From Wikepedia: Eilat Mazar was born on 10 September 1956. She was the granddaughter of pioneering Israeli archaeologist Benjamin Mazar, who served as president of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She obtained a Batchelor of Arts from that same institution, before joining the excavation team of Yigal Shiloh in 1981 and working there for four years. She was granted a Doctor of Philosopy from Hebrew University in 1997. Her thesis was written on the culture of Phoenicia, based on the excavations she undertook in Achziv.
IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES:
Her discoveries include the Large Stone Structure ("King David's Palace"), Nehemiah's Wall, the Solomonic gate and tower, the Ophel Gold Hoard, the Bulla of Hezekiah, the Bulla of Isaiah, plus two more bulla (clay seals) with two names mentioned in the Bible.
Mazar looked to the Bible to verify discoveries and, according to herself, "I work with the Bible in one hand and the tools of excavation in the other, and try to consider everything".
Mazar died on May 25, 2021. She was 64, and suffered from an unspecified long illness. Eilat's favorite saying was, "Let the Stones Speak".
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• Acid-free, PH-neutral, poly-cotton base
• 20.5 mil (0.5 mm) thick poly-cotton blend canvas
• Canvas fabric weight: 13.9 oz/yd2(470 g/m²)
• Fade-resistant
• Hand-stretched over solid wood stretcher bars
• Matte finish coating
• 1.5″ (3.81 cm) deep
• Mounting brackets included
• Blank product in the EU sourced from Latvia
• Blank product in the US sourced from the US
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