Excavation Of Sheikh Abrik

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  Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (1884-1963) was a historian, ethnologist, and Labor Zionist who was the second president of Israel from 1952 until his death 1963. Ben-Zvi is Israel's longest-serving president. Letter Signed, 2pp., Jerusalem, July 2, 1937, in which Ben Zvi requests the balance of 50 Palestine Pounds. In full; “Mr. Yitzhak Greenbaum, President, Bialik Foundation Jerusalem, Please arrange this. (Likely Greenbaum instruction). Dear Sir.The executive board of the Bialik Foundation has decided to allocate the amount of 100 Palestine Pounds to the archaeological project at Sheikh Abrik (Bet Shearim). To date, we have only received 50 Palestine Pounds. The balance in the amount of 50 Palestine Pounds - has not yet been given to the project treasurer, Dr. M. Elias, Adv.You are certainly aware that the work at Sheikh Abrik has been very successful, and the excavators will soon begin processing the material and preparing it for publication. We now need the above amount in order to complete the work in the second excavation season.We will accordingly be grateful to you if you could issue an order to send the amount of 50 Palestine Pounds to the treasurer of the Sheikh Abrik Archaeological Project, Dr. M. Elias, Adv. (Generali Building, Jerusalem).We would like to take this opportunity to invite you to visit the Sheikh Abrik excavations. Please notify Dr. Meisler of the date of your visit at the following address: Sheikh Abrik Excavations, POB 1543, Haifa, or by telephone: Nahalal 21.With thanks in advance and very truly yours, on behalf of the Sheikh Abrik Archaeological Project Committee”.Sheikh Bureik, locally called Sheikh Abreik or Sheikh Ibreik in recent times, was a Palestinian Arab village located 10 miles southeast of Haifa. Situated at an ancient site that shows evidence of habitation as early as the Iron Age. Excavations at the site in 1936 revealed the ancient city, known in Greek as Besara and identified as Beth Shearim by Benjamin Mazar. The excavated part of the ancient town has become the Beit She'arim National Park, which is managed by the Israel Nature and Parks Authority.
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