Christos Tsountas (Greek: Χρήστος Τσούντας; 1857 – 9 June 1934) was a Greek classical archaeologist. He is considered a pioneer of Greek archaeology and...
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of the 19th century and was first excavated by the archaeologists Christos Tsountas and Valerios Stais. The palace of ancient Iolcos is believed to be...
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1889/90 during excavations led by Christos Tsountas, along with other pottery and was first published by Tsountas in 1899. With the inventory number...
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from the centre of the lintel, reducing the stress placed upon it. Christos Tsountas suggested that the façade may have included an alabaster cornice,...
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Thessaly region of Greece and were excavated between 1899 and 1906 by Christos Tsountas. Both settlements included a large central megaron building surrounded...
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Chalandriani was first excavated by the Greek classical archaeologist Christos Tsountas in 1898. History of the Cyclades Cycladic art J. Hilditch, Chalandriani...
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It is famous for its tholos or beehive tomb, excavated in 1889 by Christos Tsountas. This consists of a walled approach, about 97 ft (30 m) long, leading...
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followed by systematic work by the British School at Athens and by Christos Tsountas, who investigated burial sites on several islands in 1898–1899 and...
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teachers included noted archaeologists such as Panagiotis Kavvadias, Christos Tsountas and Georg Karo. He joined the Greek Archaeological Service in 1919...
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by Greek archaeologists but also by the British School at Athens. Christos Tsountas, another member of the ASA, cleared a significant portion of the citadel...
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followed by systematic work by the British School at Athens and by Christos Tsountas, who investigated burial sites on several islands in 1898–99 and coined...
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century and the first excavations were made by the Greek archaeologist Christos Tsountas. The oldest fragments researched at Sesklo place development of the...
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300 people. The site was first discovered and excavated in 1898 by Christos Tsountas, the "father of Cycladic research". Kastri had some of the earliest...
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connected to any famous discoverer's name such as Heinrich Schliemann, Christos Tsountas, Alan Wace or other excavators at Mycenae. Furthermore, the triangular...
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discovered in 1889/90 during excavations led by Christos Tsountas and as first published by Tsountas in 1899. It is displayed in the National Archaeological...
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archaeological theory, comparative civilizations, Huronia, Nubia, Egyptology Christos Tsountas (1857–1934) Greek; Greece Olena Vasylivna Tsvek (1931–2020) Ukrainian;...
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described by Christos Tsountas in 1892, though it may have been noticed by Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker during his travels through Greece in 1843. Tsountas' excavations...
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catalogues of its sculptures, published in 1890 and 1892, assisted by Christos Tsountas for the prehistoric material. Under Kavvadias's leadership, the Archaeological...
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"half-hearted" in comparison to the excavations of Heinrich Schliemann and Christos Tsountas later in the century. His epigraphic publications have been unfavourably...
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such as Theodore Bent on Antiparos in 1884, the Greek archaeologist Christos Tsountas, having assembled various discoveries from numerous islands, suggested...
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early 1884, opening up some 40 graves in two cemeteries. In 1889 Christos Tsountas excavated in Despotiko, revealing Cycladic cemeteries. From 1964-5...
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prehistoric domestic life which was amplified two years later by Christos Tsountas's discovery of the palace at Mycenae. Schliemann's work at Tiryns was...
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BSA in persuading both the Greek government and the archaeologist Christos Tsountas, who held the necessary permit, to allow them to excavate with Wace...
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Athanasios Dimitriadis, in 1880 by Dimitrios Philios, in 1882 by Christos Tsountas, in 1884 by Vasilios Leonardos, in 1891 by Andreas Skias and in 1894...
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Asenovgrad Christos Tsountas (1857–1913), archaeologist, from Asenovgrad Filippos Nikoglou (1871–1953), doctor and Greek patriot, from Asenovgrad Christos Tsigiridis...
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example in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, excavated by Christos Tsountas at Kato Akrotiri on Amorgos in 1898. Frying pan (NAMA 4974) Frying...
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(1862-1894), Professor of Greek Literature since October 5, 1863. Christos Tsountas (1857-1934) Member of the Board, (1896-1909, 1918-1920, 1924-1926)...
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by five further appointments in 1883 and 1885, including those of Christos Tsountas and Valerios Stais. This expansion continued throughout the next two...
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archaeologist with the Greek Archaeological Service, and was taught by Christos Tsountas, who had excavated at the Bronze Age site of Mycenae and at prehistoric...
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part of some kind of fertility rite. A further possibility was raised by Christos Doumas in 1993, who suggested that they were used to process sea salt....
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