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Israel Antiquities Authority

independent Israeli governmental authority
Organization organization Q2744135
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Summary

Israel Antiquities Authority is an organization[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (353 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Israel[3]
  • Instance of: government agency[4], statutory corporation[5], publishing house[6]
  • Main regulatory text: Q116857649[7]
  • Headquarters location: Jerusalem[8]
  • Chief executive officer: Ilan Romm[9]
  • Commons category: Israel Antiquities Authority[10]
  • Inception: 1990[11]
  • Official website: http://www.antiquities.org.il/[12]
  • Replaces: Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums[13]
  • Official name: רשות העתיקות[14], داﺌرة الآثار‎[15]
  • Main Wikidata property: P3941[16]
  • Partnership with: Israel Exploration Society[17]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Cultural Heritage and GLAM catalogues[18]
  • Social media followers: 16,000[19], 17,900[20], 19,700[21]
  • P14750: 4D29-AB43-5CF5-8E53-B709[22]

Why It Matters

Israel Antiquities Authority has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Related Entities

Israel Jerusalem organization publishing house

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . iaa.org.il. iaa.org.il. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . iaa.org.il. iaa.org.il. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Hanay · 2026-10-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'he', 'id', 'lad', 'pt', '
    Chief executive officer → Ilan Romm
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Chief executive officer: Ilan Romm"
  2. 9w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Country → Israel
    Replaces → Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Cultural Heritage and GLAM catalogues
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14750: 4D29-AB43-5CF5-8E53-B709, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
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