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Eilat Mazar is a third-generation Israel i archaeologist, specializing in Jerusalem and Phoenician archaeology. She has worked on the Temple Mount excavations, as well as excavations at Achzib and Bethlehem , and is a visiting scholar with the Institute of Archaeology at the Hebrew University Of Jerusalem . On August 4 , 2005 , Mazar announced she had discovered in Jerusalem what may have been the palace of the biblical King David , the first king of a united Kingdom Of Israel , who ruled from around 1005 to 965 BCE. Now referred to as the ''Large Stone'' Structure , Mazar's discovery consists of a public building dated from the 10th century BCE, pottery from the same period, and a bulla, or government seal, of Jerucal, son of Shelemiah, son of Shevi, an official mentioned at least twice in the Book Of Jeremiah . The research was financed by an American investment banker and the Ir David (City of David) Foundation, a private Israeli research institute. {Link without Title} Amihai Mazar , a professor of archaeology at Hebrew University, and Mazar's cousin, called the find "something of a miracle." {Link without Title} Mazar obtained her Ph.D. from Hebrew University in 1997. She is the granddaughter of pioneering Israeli archaeologist Benjamin Mazar . SEE ALSO
She is a senior fellow at the Shalem Center, the research institute in Jerusalem that publishes the journal Azure (www.azure.org.il). PUBLICATIONS
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