Jean-Baptiste Humbert

Jean-Baptiste Humbert
Humbert at Tell es-Sakan in 2017
Born (1940-12-08) 8 December 1940
CitizenshipFrance
OccupationArchaeologist
Academic work
DisciplineArchaeology
Sub-disciplineNear Eastern archaeology
InstitutionsÉcole Biblique

Jean-Baptiste Humbert (born 8 December 1940) is a French archaeologist who has excavated in Jordan, Palestine, Iran and Israel. He is of the order of the Dominicans and is director of the Archaeology Laboratory of the École Biblique in Jerusalem. He was responsible for publishing the notes and materials from the excavations of Qumran, which were under the direction of Roland de Vaux.