Background
Kyrieleis, Helmut was born on January 10, 1938 in Hamburg, German. Son of Werner and Annemarie (Zippel) Kyrieleis.
archaeological institute administrator
Kyrieleis, Helmut was born on January 10, 1938 in Hamburg, German. Son of Werner and Annemarie (Zippel) Kyrieleis.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Marburg, Germany, 1965. Apl. professor, University Bonn, Germany, 1972. Doctor (honoris causa), University Athens, Greece, 1989.
Assistant, U. Bonn, 1967-1972;
director, German Archaeol. Institute, Berlin, 1972-1974;
director, German Archaeol. Institute, Athens, 1975-1988;
president, German Archaeol.
Institute, Berlin, since 1988. Director archaeological excavations in Samos, Greece, 1976-1984, Olympia, Greece, since 1984.
Fellow Archaeol. Society Athens (honorary), Society Antiquaries (London, honorary). Member German Archaeol. Institute, Austrian Archaeol.
Institute, Academy of Sciences (Athens, correspondent), Archeological Institute of America (honorary), Georgian Academy of Sciences.
Married Friederike Mecklenburg, May 12, 1967. Children: Sophie, Friedrich, Anna.
