{{Short description|Palestinian archaeologist and historian}} {{Infobox person | name = Khaled Nashef | native_name = خالد ناشف | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1942|1|13}} | birth_place = [[Tulkarm]], [[Mandatory Palestine]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2009|2|11|1942|1|13}} | death_place = [[Amman]], [[Jordan]] | occupation = Archaeologist, historian | years_active = 1978–2009 | known_for = Contributions to Near Eastern archaeology, Tübingen Atlas project }}
'''Khaled Nashef''' (Arabic: خالد ناشف, DMG: Ḫālid Nāšif; 13 January 1942<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12027890j |title=Nāšif |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France}}</ref> – 11 February 2009) was a [[Palestinian]] [[archaeologist]] and [[historian]] who made contributions to the fields of Near Eastern archaeology and Palestinian cultural heritage preservation.
==Early life and education== Nashef was born on 13 January 1942 in Tulkarem, [[Mandatory Palestine]]. He received his early education at Al-Fadiliya School. He went on to study at the [[University of Vienna]] and earned a doctorate degree in history in 1976, specializing in [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]] and [[Sumerian language|Sumerian]] languages.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Khaled Nashef |url=https://www.facesofpalestine.org/profiles/khaled-nashef |access-date=2025-04-05 |website=Faces Of Palestine |language=en}}</ref><ref name="all4palestine">{{Cite web |title=Khaled Al-Nashif |url=https://all4palestine.com/ModelDetails.aspx?gid=25&mid=118948 |website=All 4 Palestine |access-date=2025-04-15}}</ref>
==Career== From 1978 to 1987, Nashef worked at the [[University of Tübingen]] in Germany, where he contributed to the Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients (TAVO) after which he worked at the [[King Saud University]] in [[Saudi Arabia]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1994, he started teaching at [[Birzeit University]] in Palestine,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2020-06-28 |title=وما ذنب الآثار: أول كتاب وثائقى يرصد خسائر الحضارة العراقية |url=https://elaph.com/Web/Archive/1072718838460847600.html |access-date=2025-04-05 |website=elaph.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628204125/https://elaph.com/Web/Archive/1072718838460847600.html |archive-date=28 June 2020 }}</ref> where he served as the Director of the Palestinian Institute of Archaeology. In this role, he conducted significant research on Palestinian archaeological heritage and supervised excavations, including work at Khirbet Birzeit in 2000.<ref>Nashef K, Abd Rabu O. Khirbet Birzeit Research and Excavation Project 1998: Second Season of Excavation. Journal of Palestine Archaeology. 2000 Jan;1(1):4-12.</ref> He also established the peer-reviewed ''Journal of Palestinian Archaeology''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Al-Houdalieh |first=Salah Hussein A. |date=2009 |title=Archaeology Programs at the Palestinian Universities: Reality and Challenges |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11759-009-9097-9 |journal=Archaeologies |language=en |volume=5 |issue=1 |page=166 |doi=10.1007/s11759-009-9097-9 |issn=|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
== Death == He was exiled from Palestine by the [[Israeli occupation]] in 1998<ref name=":1" /> following the [[Oslo Accords]], where he continued his research until his death on 11 February 2009 in Amman, Jordan.<ref name="all4palestine" />
== Research and publications == Nashef specialized in [[Ancient Near Eastern studies]] and [[Near Eastern archaeology]]. He published numerous scholarly works in both German and Arabic. His research interests included geographical studies of [[ancient Mesopotamia]]. His publications include:
* ''Die Orts- und Gewässernamen der mittelbabylonischen und mittelassyrischen Zeit'' (1982),<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Nashef |first=Khaled |date=1982 |title=Die Orts- und Gewässernamen der mittelbabylonischen und mittelassyrischen Zeit |url=https://cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/publications/1701931 |journal=Répertoire Géographique des Textes Cunéiformes. |language=en-US |volume=5 |via=The Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Postgate |first=J. N. |date=1985 |title=Review of Die Orts- und Gewässernamen der mittelbabylonischen und mittelassyrischen Zeit. XXVIII. (= Repertoire Géographique des Textes Cunéiformes, Band 5, Beihefte zum Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients, Reihe B (Geisteswissenschaften), Nr. 7/5) |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41662056 |journal=Archiv für Orientforschung |volume=32 |pages=95–101 |jstor=41662056 |issn=0066-6440}}</ref> a geographical lexicon of place names in Middle Babylonian and Middle Assyrian texts; * ''Babylonien und Assyrien in der zweiten Hälfte des zweiten Jahrtausends v. Chr.'' (1983),<ref>{{Citation |last1=Nāšif |first1=Hālid |title=Babylonien und Assyrien in der zweiten Hälfte des zweiten Jahrtausends v. Chr: = Babylonia and Assyria in the Second Half of the Second Millennium B.C |date=1983 |access-date= |edition=Entwurf abgeschl. 1982; ersch. 1983 |place=Wiesbaden |publisher=Reichert |isbn=978-3-88226-674-0 |last2=Sauer |first2=Margit}}</ref> on Babylon and Assyria in the second half of the second millennium BCE; * ''Rekonstruktion der Reiserouten zur Zeit der altassyrischen Handelsniederlassungen'' (1987),<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Nāšif |first1=Ḫālid |title=Rekonstruktion der Reiserouten zur Zeit der altassyrischen Handelsniederlassungen |last2=Nashef |first2=Khaled |date=1987 |publisher=Reichert |isbn=978-3-88226-423-4 |series=Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients Beihefte zum Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients. Reihe B, Geisteswissenschaften |location=Wiesbaden}}</ref> a reconstruction of travel routes during the Old Assyrian trading colony period; * ''Die Orts- und Gewässernamen der altassyrischen Zeit'' (1991),<ref>{{Citation |title=Répertoire géographique des textes cunéiformes. 4: Die Orts- und Gewässernamen der altassyrischen Zeit / von Khaled Nashef |date=1991 |issue=7 |editor-last=Nāšif |editor-first=Ḫālid |access-date= |series=Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients Beihefte zum Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients. Reihe B, Geisteswissenschaften |place=Wiesbaden |publisher=Reichert |isbn=978-3-88226-465-4}}</ref> on place and water names in the Old Assyrian period; * تدمير التراث الحضاري العراقي، فصول الكارثة The Destruction of Iraq's Cultural Heritage: Chapters of the Catastrophe.<ref>{{Cite book |last=خالد |first=ناشف، |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yhItAQAAIAAJ |title=تدمير التراث الحضاري العراقي، فصول الكارثة |date=2004 |publisher=دار الحمرا |language=ar}}</ref> * "Deites of Dilmun" in "Bahrain through the ages";<ref>{{Cite book |title=Bahrain through the ages: the archaeology |date=1986 |publisher=KPI; Distributed by Routledge & Kegan Paul |isbn=978-0-7103-0112-3 |editor-last=Khalifa |editor-first=Haya Ali |location=London; New York : New York, NY |editor-last2=Rice |editor-first2=Michael |editor-last3=Bahrain}}</ref> * Répertoire géographique des textes eunéiformes<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Geller |first=M. J. |date=1984 |title=Khaled Nashef: Répertoire géographique des textes eunéiformes. Bd. v: Die Ors-und Gewässernamen der mittelbabylonischen und mittelassyrischen Zeit. (beihefte Zum Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients, Reihe B (Geisteswissenschaften). NR. 7/5.) xxviii, 341pp., map. Wiesbaden: Ludwig Reichert veriag, 1982 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0041977X00113758/type/journal_article |journal=Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies |language=en |volume=47 |issue=3 |pages=549–550 |doi=10.1017/S0041977X00113758 |issn=0041-977X|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
Nashef also made significant contributions to Palestinian cultural studies, particularly through his work on documenting and preserving Palestinian heritage. He wrote extensively about Taufiq Canaan,<ref>Tamari V. Tawfik Canaan–Collectionneur par excellence: The Story Behind the Palestinian Amulet Collection at Birzeit University. Archives, Museums and Collecting Practices in the Modern Arab World. 2016 May 23:71-90.</ref> a pioneering Palestinian [[Ethnography|ethnographer]] and physician, publishing articles such as "Tawfik Canaan: His Life and Works" in the [[Jerusalem Quarterly]] in 2002.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nashef |first=Khaled |title=Tawfiq Canaan: His life and works |publisher=Jerusalem Quarterly. |year= |publication-date=Nov 2002|doi=10.70190/jq.I16.p12|doi-access=free|pages=12-26|issue=16}}</ref> He also translated and studied Canaan's collection of Palestinian amulets, contributing to the preservation of this aspect of Palestinian cultural heritage.
Another area of his research was the medieval sugar industry in the region.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Staff View: Nāšif, Hālid 1942-2009 :: IxTheo |url=https://ixtheo.de/AuthorityRecord/1020239301 |access-date=2025-04-05 |website=ixtheo.de}}</ref>
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