Chief Archaeologist at the Department of Antiquities of the Government of Mandatory Palestine
In office 1938–1948
Preceded by
Robert Hamilton
Personal details
Born
1909 Jerusalem, Sanjak of Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
Died
1984 California, United States
Nationality
Palestinian
Education
University of London
Occupation
Curator of the Archaeological Museum at the American University of Beirut
Profession
Archaeologist, Professor
Known for
Excavations at Hisham's Palace, the discovery of the Shalom Al Yisrael Synagogue
Dimitri Constantine Baramki, often styled D. C. Baramki (1909, Jerusalem, Sanjak of Jerusalem – 1984, California, U.S.), was a Palestinian archaeologist who served as chief archaeologist at the Department of Antiquities of the Government of Mandatory Palestine from 1938 to 1948. From 1952 until his retirement, he was the curator of the Archaeological Museum at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, where he served as a professor of archaeology.
Dimitri Constantine Baramki, often styled D. C. Baramki (1909, Jerusalem, Sanjak of Jerusalem – 1984, California, U.S.), was a Palestinian archaeologist...
archaeology in the city. It is therefore not clear why persons like DimitriBaramki did not continue their work as archaeologists employed by the Palestine...
Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, Bd. 40, pp. 223–225, 1980 DimitriBaramki, A Late Bronze Age tomb at Sarafend, ancient Sarepta, Berytus, vol...
1875, British surveyors noted only stone heaps at Kh. Kiafa. In 1932, DimitriBaramki, reported the site to hold a 35 square metres (380 sq ft) watchtower...
1950s and doubled its floor space with a refurbishment under curator DimitriBaramki which opened to the public in 1964. The collections are organized by...
Byzantine period, was revealed in excavations conducted in 1936 by DimitriBaramki of the Department of Antiquities under the British Mandate. The well-off...
1950s and doubled its floor space with a refurbishment under curator DimitriBaramki, which opened to the public in 1964. The museum remained open during...
working at the Department of Antiquities, he co-authored papers with DimitriBaramki and published other articles and translations of Ottoman documents...
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