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Eli Shukron

Eli Shukron is an Israeli archaeologist who has excavated in the City of David in Jerusalem and found remains from the Second Temple period.

born 2000Excavating the Pool of SiloamCity of David excavationsThe Bethlehem bulla

Occupation: anthropologist, archaeologist
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Eli Shukron was born in 2000

Eli Shukron trained at the Institute of Archaeology of the Hebrew University. He works for the Israel Antiquities Authority and focuses on the archaeology of Jerusalem.

He began working in the City of David in the 1990s. From 1995 to 2010 he dug there with archaeologist Ronny Reich. Near the Gihon Spring they found new parts of the Canaanite water system and a large tower that guarded the spring.

In 2004 the pair uncovered the Second Temple period Pool of Siloam. In 2007 they excavated an ancient drainage channel, where finds included a half-shekel coin. In 2009 they uncovered the ancient pilgrim road.

In 2012 Shukron reported a bulla fragment bearing the name of Bethlehem. In 2014 he claimed to have found the Citadel of David, a view Reich disputes. In 2022 he and Gershon Galil announced an inscription in the Siloam tunnel about the deeds of Hezekiah.