Christos Tsountas was a Greek classical archaeologist. He is considered a pioneer of Greek archaeology and has been called "the first and most eminent Greek prehistorian".
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A 1911 plan of the excavated areas of the citadel of Mycenae, showing many of the structures discovered by Tsountas
Diagram of the site of Sesklo in Thessaly, excavated by Tsountas from 1901 to 1902.![A so-called frying pan, whose original function is unknown, dating to the Early Bronze Age and found by Tsountas on Syros in 1889-1890.[44]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Cycladic_pan_NAMA_4974.png/500px-Cycladic_pan_NAMA_4974.png?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
A so-called frying pan, whose original function is unknown, dating to the Early Bronze Age and found by Tsountas on Syros in 1889-1890.[44]
A nineteenth-century painting of the Greek revolutionary Alexandros Ypsilantis during the Greek War of Independence. He carries the banner of the Sacred Band, named for the ancient Theban military unit.Academics born in the 1850s 6
About this person
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1857 to 1934 · aged 77
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