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Olympia
Olympia
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First published January 1, 1997
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Nikolaos Kaltsas
14 books1 followerDr. Nikolaos Kaltsas is a highly accomplished classical archaeologist. From 2001 to 2012 he was the director of the National Museum of Archaeology in Athens.
Dr. Kaltsas studied archaeology at the University of Thessaloniki, receiving his doctorate in 1985. He joined the Ministry of Culture as curator of the sculpture collection at the National Archaeological Museum and from 2001 to 2012 held the position of director of the museum. Dr. Kaltsas managed the renovation of the National Museum and the permanent re-exhibitions of all collections.
He participated in excavations in the ancient cemetery of Akanthos in Chalkidiki and worked as curator in the Museum of Ancient Olympia from 1981 to 1983, where he directed excavations in Messenia. He also curated temporary exhibitions in the National Museum (Agon; Colored Gods: The Polychromy of Ancient Sculpture; Eretria; Myth and Coinage; The Antikythera Shipwreck: The Ship, the Treasures, the Mechanism) and in other cities (Paris: Eros, Amour des Dieux et des umains; Praxiteles; Basel: Eretria, Insights to an Ancient City; Berlin: Olympia; New York: Athens–Sparta; Worshiping Women; Ritual and Reality in Classical Athens)
Dr. Kaltsas studied archaeology at the University of Thessaloniki, receiving his doctorate in 1985. He joined the Ministry of Culture as curator of the sculpture collection at the National Archaeological Museum and from 2001 to 2012 held the position of director of the museum. Dr. Kaltsas managed the renovation of the National Museum and the permanent re-exhibitions of all collections.
He participated in excavations in the ancient cemetery of Akanthos in Chalkidiki and worked as curator in the Museum of Ancient Olympia from 1981 to 1983, where he directed excavations in Messenia. He also curated temporary exhibitions in the National Museum (Agon; Colored Gods: The Polychromy of Ancient Sculpture; Eretria; Myth and Coinage; The Antikythera Shipwreck: The Ship, the Treasures, the Mechanism) and in other cities (Paris: Eros, Amour des Dieux et des umains; Praxiteles; Basel: Eretria, Insights to an Ancient City; Berlin: Olympia; New York: Athens–Sparta; Worshiping Women; Ritual and Reality in Classical Athens)
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