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Vassos Karageorghis
Cypriot archaeologist (–)
Vassos Karageorghis (Greek: Βάσος Καραγιώργης) FBA (29 April – 21 December ) was a Cypriot archaeologist and director of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus.
Early life and education
He attended the Pancyprian Gymnasium, he studied Classics in the University of Athens and at University College London, having the chance to excavate at Verulamium under Sir Mortimer Wheeler.[1]
Career
He was Assistant Curator of the Cyprus Museum between and and Curator from until Afterwards with the retirement of Porphyrios Dikaios he became Director of the Department of Antiquities from to [2][3][4] He is notable for the excavation of the Iron Age necropolis of Salamis, his excavations at Kition and the Geometric necropolis at Palaepaphos.
He published extensive catalogues of Cypriot collections in museums in Cyprus and abroad. In , Karageorghis became a founding member of the World Cultural Council