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Spyridon Marinatos
Greek archaeologist (1901–1974)
Spyridon Marinatos (Greek: Σπυρίδων Μαρινάτος; 17 November [O.S.
4 November] 1901[a] – 1 October 1974) was a Greek archaeologist who specialised in the Bronze AgeMinoan and Mycenaean civilizations. He is best known for the excavation of the Minoan site of Akrotiri on Santorini, which he conducted between 1967 and 1974.
Spyridon Marinatos.A recipient of several honours in Greece and abroad, he was considered one of the most important Greek archaeologists of his day.
A native of Kephallonia, Marinatos was educated at the University of Athens, at the Humboldt University of Berlin and at the University of Halle.
His early teachers included noted archaeologists such as Panagiotis Kavvadias, Christos Tsountas and Georg Karo. He joined the Greek Archaeological Service in 1919, and spent much of his early career on the island of Crete, where he excavated several Minoan sites, served as director of the Heraklion Museum, and
