JERUSALEM —Ehud Netzer, a leading Israeli archaeologist on Thursday died of injuries suffered in a fall during a dig.Netzer was directing an excavation at the King Herod-era site near Bethlehem Monday when he fell 10 feet after a railing collapsed.He died of his injuries in Haddasah Ein Kerem hospital., Jerusalem.Netzer, 76, was known for pinpointing an ancient synagogue and palace in Jericho. He was an expert on Herodian, a man-made hill where King Herod built a palace and refuge in the southern desert of the West Bank in the first century B.C.
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