Amiran

Amiran also published scientific studies about water systems, concentrating mostly on the water supply of ancient Jerusalem.

Ruth Amiran. 2009

In this book Amiran determined the division of types of ceramics according to period.

Ruth Amiran. 2009

In 1965 Amiran helped to prepare plans for the establishment of the Israel Museum.

Ruth Amiran. 2009

Amiran wrote two major reports on Arad once the excavations were completed.

Ruth Amiran. 2009

When the state was established, Amiran went to work in the Department of Antiquities (which later became the Israel Antiquities Authority), where she served as the supervisor of artifacts in the Galilee and in Jerusalem and as the inspector of regional museums.

Ruth Amiran. 2009

The excavation at Arad led Amiran to concentrate on other major subjects in Erez Israel archaeology, such as the relationship between Israel and Egypt during the urbanization period of the early Bronze Age, the ceramic artifacts of the period and more.

Ruth Amiran. 2009

The city contained a large reservoir system, a system of roadways and private living quarters in which Amiran identified the typical Arad home of that period, calling it “the Aradi home.”

Ruth Amiran. 2009

Through this work she also formed a connection with the composer Emanuel Amiran (1909 – 1993), who wrote the music for some of her dances, which were stage pieces rather than Israeli folk dances.

Rivka Sturman. 2009

Amiran was renowned in the archaeological community also because of her close and special connection with important archaeologists who dealt with various cultures in the Middle East, particular in the Aegean area.

Ruth Amiran. 2009

Amiran died on December 14, 2005 in Jerusalem at the age of ninety-one.

Ruth Amiran. 2009