- He is survived by his wife, Devora, four children, and 10 grandchildren.
- He also excavated the oldest known synagogue near Jericho and the Hasmonean winter palace and a mosaic synagogue in Zippori, Israel.
- He began his archaeological career in the 1960s as part of the Masada excavation led by Yigael Yadin.
- In 2007, he found the remnants of King Herod's burial site since the excavation began in 1972.
- He died at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, Israel after falling 15 feet at an archaeological site.
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