Sophocles Hadjisavvas

Sophocles Hadjisavvas

Cyprus Department of Antiquities
Cyprus National Commission for UNESCO
2004 & 2013 Grant Recipient
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Dr. Sophocles Hadjisavvas is former Director of the Cyprus Department of Antiquities and co-founder and first director of THETIS Foundation for the protection of underwater cultural heritage. Author of five monographs and editor of three more. He has lectured all over the world and published dozens of works reflecting his expertise in Late Bronze Age Cyprus and ancient technology, wine and olive oil production in particular. He is a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute, Honorary member of the Athens Archaeological Society and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (London). Since 2007 Dr. Hadjisavvas has been an independent scholar devoting most of his time for the preparation of the final reports of a number of excavations he directed during his 30 years-long service in the Cyprus Department of Antiquities.

An extensive interview with Dr. Hadjisavvas is available here: https://bestculturaldestinations.com/blog/cyprus-interview-archaeologist-sophocles-hadjisavvas-heritage?rq=Hadjisavvas

The Alassa Archaeological Project Excavations at the Late Bronze Age Sites of Alassa - Pano Mandilaris and Paliotaverna 1984-2000

PUBLISHED 2017. Please visit the publication's webpage:
 The Alassa Archaeological Project Excavations at the Late Bronze Age Sites of Alassa - Pano Mandilaris and Paliotaverna 1984-2000

 

The Phoenician Period Necropolis of Kition, Volumes I&II

Volume I, published 2012: The Phoenician Period Necropolis of Kition, Volume I

Volume II, published 2014: The Phoenician Period Necropolis of Kition, Volume II

 

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