Vassos Karageorghis

Vassos Karageorghis FBA (born 29 April 1929) is a Cypriot archaeologist and a fellow of the British Academy. He was Director of Antiquities of the Republic of Cyprus from 1963 to 1989.[1][2] He is notable for the excavation of the necropolis of Salamis, his excavations at Kition and Geometric necropoleis at Palaepaphos. He published extensive catalogues of Cypriot collections in museums in Cyprus and abroad.

Publications

A Cypriot Silver Bowl Reconsidered, 1. The Iconography of the Decoration Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 34 (1999)
Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art (2000)
The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art: Terracottas (2016)

References

"Vassos Karageorghis - The Cyprus Institute". Cyi.ac.cy. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
"Professor Vassos Karageorghis". The British Academy. Retrieved 28 December 2018.

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[1] "Vassos Karageorghis - The Cyprus Institute". Cyi.ac.cy. Retrieved 28 December 2018.

[2] "Professor Vassos Karageorghis". The British Academy. Retrieved 28 December 2018.