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- (1984) Yigael Yadin
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- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1984 Highlights
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- <source>Time Magazine</source>
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- July 9, 1984
- MILESTONES
- Yigael Yadin
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- <p>DIED. Yigael Yadin, 67, Israel's premier archaeologist and the
- epitome of that nation's citizen-soldier-politician tradition,
- who twice set aside his passion for the past, first to become
- a hero of the 1948 war of independence and Israeli chief of
- staff from 1949 to '52, later to serve as Deputy Prime Minister
- under Menachem Begin from 1977 to '81; of a heart attack; in
- Hadera, Israel. As operations chief of Israel's illegal
- pre-independence army, Yadin used his knowledge of biblical
- history and ancient fortifications to help construct modern
- battle plans. Two decades later, after gaining acclaim for
- obtaining the Dead Sea Scrolls and other ancient manuscripts,
- he led the excavations at the fortress of Masada, where he
- proved that nearly 1,000 Jewish defenders committed suicide in
- A.D. 73 rather than surrender to the Romans.
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