Dr. Pavlos P. Antonatos Is Descended from Kefallonia Island and He Is Living in Athens
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Dr. Pavlos P. Antonatos is descended from Kefallonia Island and he is living in Athens. Using state scholarships studied history, archaeology, history of art and social anthropology at the Universities of Copenhagen, Edinburgh, Sofia, Crete and Athens during the years 1989-2003. At the University of the Aegean / Rhodes Island he earned his PhD in Egyptology upon the general title: The representation of the bodily movements and gestures of the Pharaonic Period. Since 1997 he is working as an archaeologist in the Hellenic Ministry of Culture conducting rescue excavations on Samos Island and investigating excavations projects on the Aeropagus hill and in Ancient Agora of Athens as well. He has worked extensively on the Unification of the Archaeological Sites of Athens Project and he has been responsible for the conservation, recording and classification of stone architectural and sculptured parts as well as findings coming from excavation activities within the area of the Ancient Agora of Athens. He participated for three seasons (2000-2002) in a programme of survey research and location/mapping archaeological sites on the Island of Gaudos conducted by the University of Crete within the framework of a European funded programme. He is currently working in the Ephorate of Private Archaeological Collections, which belongs to the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and he is responsible for the recoding, photographing, electronic filing and contraction of catalogues of ancient objects. Also he is responsible for carrying out controls in Greek antique shops, foundations and collectors. He is responsible for the conducting of controls and the forming of the assessment for imported ancient objects in customs, as well as during the retrieval aiming at the combat of illegal pushing of antiquities. He is responsible for the control of ancient objects which have been chosen and programmed to be exported to Museums abroad in order to be exhibited in periodic exhibitions of various thematology. Within the framework of the Unification of the Archaeological Sites of Athens and under the aegis of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture a lot of studies were conducted and submitted to the appropriate office of the Ancient Agora of Athens (Α΄ Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities). Dr. Antonatos is a permanent member of the Association of Greek Archaeologists and member of the Scientific Staff of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture as well. His specialist research subjects are: world prehistory, Aegean archaeology, Egyptology, social anthropology, archaeology of the body, Egyptian tomb masks, ancient body movement, prehistory of the Ionian Islands and artistic archaeological photography. At this time he is studying architecture in the NTUA._ .