"The two most important archaeological undertakings yet organized in Israel have both been direced by Yigael Yadin: the four seasons of work at Hazor and the two at Masada... He is also a master of details with an ingenious mind, as well as one of the most able lecturers in the entire archaeological world... These two magnificently organized expeditions have shed more light on ancient Palestine than almost any comparable excavations in the history of Palestinian archaeology... Work at Hazor has clarified the history of Israel as well as the history of Bronze Age Palestine, removing previous uncertainties and increasing our understanding of the conquest of Canaan in the thirteenth century B.C.E."
Professor W. F. Albright in The Phenomenon of Israeli Archaeology, 1970