page_title: Vassilios Tzaferis
hierarchical_section_title: Vassilios Tzaferis
caption_attribution_description: Tzaferis Vassilios, archaeologist of the ancient Palestine area and Greek Orthodox scholar
context_page_description: Vassilios Tzaferis was a Greek–Israeli biblical archaeologist and Orthodox monk, best known for his discovery of the remains of a crucified man at Givat HaMivtar. He was the director of surveys and excavations at the Israel Antiquities Authority and the curator of the Patriarchal Museum in Jerusalem.
context_section_description: Vassilios Tzaferis (1 April 1936 – 1 January 2015) was a Greek–Israeli biblical archaeologist and Orthodox monk, best known for his discovery of the remains of a crucified man at Givat HaMivtar. He was the director of surveys and excavations at the Israel Antiquities Authority (1999–2001) and the curator of the Patriarchal Museum in Jerusalem (1984–2004).
caption: Tzaferis in 2007
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