Nikolaos Kaltsas ( el, Νικόλαος Καλτσάς; born in Dialambi,

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) is a

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classical archaeologist Classical archaeology is the archaeological investigation of the Mediterranean civilizations of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. Nineteenth-century archaeologists such as Heinrich Schliemann were drawn to study the societies they had read about i ...

. Kaltsas studied classical archaeology at the

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, where he received his doctorate in 1985. Having already served as curator at the

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(1981-1983), he became curator of the sculptural collection at the

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and from 2002 to 2012 was director of the museum. He is a corresponding member of the

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Selected publications

* ''Olympia'', Archaeological Receipts Fund, Athens 1997. * ''Τα γλυπτά. Εθνικό Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο, κατάλογος'', Kapon, Athen 2001, . ** Translated as: ''

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'', The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles 2002 . * "Die

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und der

Kouros kouros ( grc, κοῦρος, , plural kouroi) is the modern term given to free-standing Ancient Greek sculptures that depict nude male youths. They first appear in the Archaic period in Greece and are prominent in Attica and Boeotia, with a less ...

aus

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." ''Antike Plastik'' 28, Hirmer, München 2002, pp. 7–39. * ''The National Archeological Museum'', National Archaeological Museum, Athen 2007
Online
* with Alan Shapiro. ''Worshiping Women. Ritual and Reality in Classical Athens'', Onassis Foundation, New York 2008. * with Alan Shapiro: ''The Feminine and the Sacred in Ancient Athens'', Onassis Foundation,New York 2010.

External links

Portrait in ''Ta Nea'' from 2 April 2010
(Greek)
Biography on the website of the International Institute for Restoration and Preservation Studies
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