Country Summary for ISRAEL

Definitions

'Authority'—the Antiquities Authority, as understood in the Antiquities Authority Law, 5749-1989.

'Director'—Director of the Antiquities; (1989 Authority Law, Art. 33, para. 1)

'Antiquity'—

(1) Any object, whether detached or fixed, which was made by man before the year 1700 of the general era, and includes anything subsequently added thereto which forms an integral part thereof;

(2) Any object referred to…which was made by man in or after the year 1700 of the general era, which is of historical value, and which the Minister has declared to be an antiquity;

(3) Zoological or botanical remains from before the year 1300 of the general era;

'Antiquity site'—area which contains antiquities and in respect of which the Director has made a declaration;

'Collection'—an assemblage of antiquities, other than antiquities in the possession of a dealer in antiquities as trading stock; (1978 Antiquities Law, Ch. 1).