Nikolaos Stampolidis
Nikolaos (Nikolas) Chr. Stampolidis ⟨Greek: Νικόλαος (Νικόλας) Χρ. Σταμπολίδης; born 1951 Chania⟩ is a Greek archaeologist who specializes in Geometric and Archaic early Greek history.
Early life[]
Stampolidis was born and grew up in Chania, Crete. His parents were refugees from Asia Minor, who emigrated to Greece during the forced population exchange of 1923.
Career[]
Stampolidis obtained a degree in archaeology from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Department of History and Archaeology) in 1974. He then pursued graduate studies at the University of Bonn (1975-1978) and completed his doctorate at Thessaloniki (1979),[1] where he was a student of Manolis Andronikos. In 1984, he was elected a Lecturer at the University of Crete, where he was a full Professor of Classical Archaeology,[2] until his retirement. Stampolidis has excavated sites in Vergina, Chalkidiki, Rhodes and Crete. Since 1985, he has been excavating the site of Eleutherna.[3] Stampolidis is also the Director of the Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens and a member of the Central Archaeological Council of Greece.
Honors and awards[]
- Member of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI)
- Commander of the Order of the Phoenix of the Hellenic Republic[4]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Ο Βωμός του Διονύσου στην Κω. Συμβολή στη μελέτη της ελληνιστικής γλυπτικής και αρχιτεκτονικής, Θεσσαλονίκη, 1981.
- ^ "Stampolidis' bio from UoC". Archived from the original on 2017-05-10. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
- ^ Eleutherna and the Eastern Mediterranean during the 8th and 7th cent. B.C., Acta of the Intern. Symp. On the Interconnections in the Mediterranean 2500-500 B.C., Athens 1996.
- ^ Απονομή από τον Πρόεδρο της Δημοκρατίας του Παράσημου του Ανώτερου Ταξιάρχη του Τάγματος του Φοίνικος στους καθηγητές Πέτρο Θέμελη και Νικόλαο Σταμπολίδη Archived 2017-05-10 at the Wayback Machine, Προεδρία της Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας, 12/10/2016.
External links[]
- Greek archaeologist Nikos Stampolidis, The Financial Times, 1.5.2015
- Νίκος Σταμπολίδης: Τα μουσεία πρέπει να είναι τα σχολεία της κοινωνίας, Καθημερινή, 30.12.2013
- Museum of Ancient Eleutherna
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