Education
Sakellarakis studied archaeology at the University of Athens (Department of History and Archaeology) and later pursued graduate studies at the University of Heidelberg, where he was awarded a doctorate in 1969.
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Jannis Sakellarakis
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Career
Sakellarakis taught at the Universities of Heidelberg, Hamburg and Athens. He served as the curator (1963-1968) and then director (1980-1987) of Heraklion Archaeological Museum in Crete and curator (1970-1980) and later deputy director (1987-1994) of the National Archaeological Museum in Athens. He excavated sites at Archanes, Kythira and Mount Idaho
Another major discovery took place in 1982, when Sakellarakis unveiled a large, two-story Minoan building at Zominthos, a small plateau at an altitude around 1200 m in the northern foothills of Mount Ida (Psiloritis).
Achievements
Membership
German Archaeological Institute]
He was a member of the Academy of Athens and a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute and the Society of Antiquaries of London.
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Greece -
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