Background
He was born on October 23, 1919 at Bursa (Greek: Προύσα).
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He was born on October 23, 1919 at Bursa (Greek: Προύσα).
He studied philosophy at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and in 1952 became a professor of Classical Archeology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Later, his family moved to Thessaloniki. Later he continued his studies at Oxford University with the professor Sir John Doctorate. Beazley (1954–1955). He came back to the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 1957 where he taught Archeology first as instructor and later (1964) as professor
Manolis Andronikos conducted archaeological research in Veroia, Naousa, Kilkis, Chalkidiki and Thessaloniki, but his main research was done in Vergina, where his teacher, professor K. Rhomaios had founded in 1937 the Aristotle University Excavation at Vergina.
His greatest discovery occurred on November 8, 1977, when he found a tomb at Vergina which he identified as that of Philip II of Macedon. lieutenant was unplundered and contained many valuable items, such as a golden larnax.
The finds from this tomb were later included in the travelling exhibit "The Search for Alexander" displayed at four cities in the United States from 1980 to 1982. While the discovery is of great archaeological importance, the identification of the tomb with Philip has been disputed by some archaeologists.
That said, if the tomb is not Philip"s, one of the others in the same complex probably is.
He lived permanently in Thessaloniki on Papafi Street and died on March 30, 1992. Eugene North. Borza. "Manolis Andronikos, 1919-1992." American Journal of Archaeology 96.4 (October, 1992) 757-758.
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Andronikos was a member of the Archaeological Council (1964–1965), the Athens Archaeological Association, the Macedonian Studies Association, the Association Internationale des Critiques d" Art and the German Archaeological Institute at Berlin.