death_date death_place birth_place birth_date image article_title name occupation
28 october 2010 -lrb- aged 76 -rrb- jerusalem jerusalem may 1934 nezer -lrb- 12 -rrb- . jpg ehud netzer
 ehud netzer architect , educator and archaeologist
ehud netzer

ehud netzer -lrb- 13 may 1934 -- 28 october 2010 -rrb- was an israeli architect , educator and archaeologist , known for his extensive excavations at herodium , where in 2007 he found the tomb of herod the great ; and the discovery of the wadi qelt synagogue , the oldest known synagogue ever found .
netzer served as a professor at the institute of archaeology at the hebrew university in jerusalem .
he was a world-renowned expert on herodian architecture .
netzer worked at masada with yigal yadin , and later completed the official excavation report for the site .
he later led teams of archaeologists who did important fieldwork at the herodian palace at jericho .
at herodium , in the desert near bethlehem and south of jerusalem , for more than three decades , netzer oversaw extensive excavations focusing on remains at the foot and on the sides of the artificial mountain .
