Pavlos Flourentzos

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Pavlos Flourentzos
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Born1947
Famagusta
Died23 July 2023
NationalityGreek Cypriot
Alma materCharles University
OccupationArchaeologist

Pavlos Flourentzos FSA (Greek: Παύλος Φλουρέντζος) (Famagusta, 1947 - 23 July 2023)[1] was a Cypriot archaeologist who served as the director of the Department of Antiquities from 2004 until 2009.

Flourentzos was born in Famagusta in 1947. He graduated from Charles University with an MA in Classical Archaeology and History of Art and a PhD in Classical Archaeology. He worked in the Department of Antiquities from 1973 until his retirement in 2009, serving as director from 2004 until 2009. Additionally, he acted as the secretary of the Cypriot Comittee to ICOM, since 1994 he had been a member of the Society of Antiquaries of London and since 2005 a corresponding member of German Archaeological Institute.[2] Between 1986 and 1988 he conducted rescue excavations of tombs near the villages of Kantou and Alassa.[3] And later Flourentzos conducted systematic excavations in the Iron Age city-kingdom of Amathus between 1991 and 2006.[4] He published excensively on the subject of figurines and religious cults in ancient Cyprus.

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  1. "Έφυγε από τη ζωή ο αρχαιολόγος Παύλος Φλουρέντζος". ΠΟΛΙΤΗΣ. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  2. Polignosi. "Φλουρέντζος Παύλος". www.polignosi.com. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
  3. Catling, Hector W. (1993). "Cypriot Tombs - Pavlos Flourentzos: Excavations in the Kouris Valley, Vol. I: The Tombs. With Appendix by J. Manolis. Pp. ix + 71; 13 figures, 9 tables, 48 plates. Nicosia, Cyprus: Republic of Cyprus, Ministry of Communication and Works, Department of Antiquities, 1991". The Classical Review. 43 (1): 126–128. doi:10.1017/S0009840X00286125. ISSN 1464-3561. S2CID 246875626.
  4. Cannavò, Anna (2021). "Η Αμαθούντα στη δοκιμασία της αρχαιολογίας" (PDF). Αρχαιολογία (135): 78–91.

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