Amir Drori [SEP] cause of death
Amir Drori died on March 12, 2005, after suffering a heart attack during a hiking trip in the Negev. The IAA excavations at the Roman theatre of Tiberias have been named in his honour.
External links.
- The Beautiful Israeli by Caroline Glick
Amir Drori
Amir Drori (; 1937–2005) was an Israeli general, founder and the first director general of the Israel Antiquities Authority.
Military career.
Amir Drori was born in Tel Aviv in 1937 and graduated from the IDF's Junior Command Preparatory School in Haifa. He was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in 1955, where he joined the Golani infantry brigade. During the 1956 Suez Crisis Drori led a demolition team and participated in fighting in Rafah and the Sinai. He was awarded the Medal of Courage for his