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An international workshop on Hellenistic Art in Paphos (Cyprus)

An international workshop on Hellenistic Art in Paphos (Cyprus)
14.07.2025 - 08.27

As part of NKUA’s international research program “Funerary Art in the Eastern Mediterranean (4th-1st centuries BC)”, professors Dimitris Plantzos and Nikolas Dimakis held a ten-day workshop in Paphos, Cyprus titled “The Social Value of Funerary Art”.

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On-site class at the NYU excavation headquarters at Agios Georgios tis Pegeias

The three-year Program, which is entirely funded by the Getty Foundation (Connecting Art Histories Initiative), is directed by D. Plantzos in collaboration with the President of the Archaeological Society at Alexandria, Prof. Mona Haggag. Postgraduate and PhD students, as well as recent PhDs from Greece, Egypt, Cyprus, and other Mediterranean countries participate in its activities. In addition to the aforementioned, the Paphos Workshop also featured lectures by Cypriot archaeologists such as prof. em. Dimitris Michaelides, former Director of the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus Dr Sophocles Hadjisavvas, prof. em. Maria Iacovou, NKUA Professor Kostas Kopanias, and archaeological officers of the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus, Stathis Raptou, Yiannis Violaris, and Margarita Kouali. Seminars were also offered by Prof. Joan Connelly (NYU), Prof. Ewdoksia Papuci-Władyka (Jagiellonian University), and Dr Thanasis Koutoupas (Cyprus Institute).

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NKUA students at the Paphos mines

For more information, see here.

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The Workshop team at the Archaeological Site of Paphos

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