My story in brief...

I was born and raised in Athens escaping quite often to my father’s hometown, Elika (pt m t3 "heaven on earth"), in South Peloponnese. I graduated from the National and Capodistrian University of Athens with a B.A. in Archaeology and History of Art, which provided me with the opportunity to pursue postgraduate studies abroad on the much neglected–in Greece–discipline of Egyptology. I spent six of my best years in England that affected me greatly, both personally and academically. I gained my doctorate in Egyptology from the School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology of the University of Liverpool in 2000, and then I received a post-doctoral fellowship from the Greek State Scholarship's Foundation (2001-2002). I am currently Assistant Professor at the Department of Mediterranean Studies of the University of the Aegean holding the first Egyptological position in Greek academia from 2003 onwards. I teach Egyptology (archaeology, history, society, language and literature) and Near Eastern archaeology. I believe that the historical island of Rhodes, situated at the crossroads of two major sea routes of the Mediterranean between the Aegean Sea and the coast of Middle East and Egypt, is the ideal place for Egyptology to blossom. This is my intention and dream!

About this website...

This site is about Egyptology and about my research in this discipline. You will find my research profile, publications, my current and past research projects on Rhodes and Egypt [research], my relevant activities in the field, symposium and conference presentations, lectures and seminars [lectures], as well as my teaching material, university syllabi, notes and lectures at the Department of Mediterranean Studies [academic]. Various useful material (online articles, electronic resources, information on current and past museum exhibitions, conferences, discussions, and talks) can also be found at the first Greek Egyptological Forum, which was launched on December 2008 [GEF]. Useful online resources and links [e-library] for all those with a special interest in Egyptology and Archaeology completes the picture.