Varda Sussman

Varda Sussman graduated from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem in 1956 with BA and MA degrees, then studied at the Oriental School of Archaeology in Chicago before returning to Israel to work at the Israel Department of Antiquities. She became a Curator responsible for cataloguing archaeological artifacts and later taught at Bar Ilan University, focusing on the development and cataloguing of oil lamps. She published numerous articles and historical period catalogues on oil lamps for the Israel Antiquities Authority.