Joe Zias
Joe Zias | |
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יוסף אדוארד זיאס | |
| Born | Joseph Edward Zias |
| Citizenship | Israel |
| Education | Wayne State University (MA, Anthropology) |
| Occupation(s) | Anthropologist, paleopathologist |
| Years active | 1972–2007 |
| Employer | Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) |
| Organization | CenturyOne Foundation |
| Title | Curator of Archaeology and Anthropology for the IAA |
| Term | 1972-1997 |
Joseph E. Zias (Hebrew: יוסף אדוארד זיאס) was the Curator of Archaeology and Anthropology for the Israel Antiquities Authority from 1972 until his retirement in 1997, with responsibility for items such as the Dead Sea Scrolls, pre-historic human skeletal remains, and artifacts from archaeological sites such as Jericho, Megiddo, and Gezer. He has appeared often in film and television documentaries regarding such artifacts and the subject of the Historical Jesus, including The Mysterious Man of the Shroud for CBS, Who Killed Jesus on BBC in 1997 and Son of God on BBC in 2001, and is a frequent lecturer.