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{{Short description|Israeli archaeologist (1909–1996)}}

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| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom19962201|15}}| nationality = Israeli| occupation = Archaeologist}}Shmarya Guttman ({{ltr}}; 1909–1996) was an Israeli archaeologist.

Early years

Shmarya Guttman was born in Glasgow, Scotland. His parents were Russian immigrants. The family immigrated to Palestine when he was three. At the age of 17, he moved to Kibbutz Na'an, where he worked as a farmer.

Career

In the 1930s, he served as an emissary to Jewish communities in Eastern Europe. Before the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, he headed an intelligence unit of the Haganah. Later he was involved in diplomatic negotiations and took part in operations to bring Iraqi Jews to Israel.WEB, Shmarya Gutmann: Self-Made Archaeologist,weblink 2023-12-12, The BAS Library, en-US,

Archaeology career

In the 1960s and 1970s, Guttman was on the team that excavated Masada,NEWS, Reinstein, Ziv, 2013-12-07, Jewish myth: 50 years since Masada dig, en, Ynetnews,weblink 2023-12-12, which he had climbed with two friends in 1932.Articles about MasadaGuttman initiated and directed the excavations at Gamla.BOOK, Arbel, Yoav,weblink Ultimate Devotion: The Historical Impact and Archaeological Expression of Intense Religious Movements, 2014-12-05, Routledge, 978-1-317-49111-8, en,

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