Georg Karo (11 January 1872, in

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– 12 November 1963, in Freiburg im Breisgau) was a German archaeologist, known for his research of Mycenaean and

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cultures. Born in

and raised in

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, he studied history, philosophy and archaeology at the universities of

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and

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, where he was a pupil of

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. Following graduation, he took an extended study trip to the Mediterranean region, during which time he performed manuscript studies in Rome. In 1902 he obtained his habilitation at Bonn, and from 1905 served as secretary under

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at the German Archaeological Institute in Athens, where in 1910 he attained the post of director. While stationed in Greece, he conducted archaeological excavations at

Tiryns Tiryns or (Ancient Greek: Τίρυνς; Modern Greek: Τίρυνθα) is a Mycenaean archaeological site in Argolis in the Peloponnese, and the location from which the mythical hero Heracles performed his Twelve Labours. It lies south of M ...

and Corfu.Georg Karo
Catalogus Professorum Halensis
In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 11, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1977, , S. 280 f. From 1920 to 1930 he was a professor of classical archaeology at the

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, then afterwards returned to Athens. In 1936 he was relieved of his position at the German Archaeological Institute because of his Jewish ancestry. For a few years he worked as a writer in Munich, then in 1939 emigrated to the United States, where he taught classes as a guest professor at Oberlin and

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. In 1953 he returned to Germany as an honorary professor at the

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Selected writings

* ''Die tyrsenische Stele von Lemnos'', 1908, Mittheilungen des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archaeologischen Instituts, Athenische Abteilung, 33, 48—74, mit Tafel V. * ''Die Schachtgräber von Mykenai'', 1915 – Excavations at Mykenai. * ''Führer durch die Ruinen von Tiryns'', 1915 – On the ruins at

. * ''Religion des ägäischen Kreises'', 1925 – Religion of the Aegean region. * ''Zwei etruskische Wundervögel; aus dem 8./7. Jahrhundert'', 1954 – Two Etruscan Wundervögel of the 8th/7th century BCE. * ''Greifen am Thron; Erinnerungen an Knossos'', 1959 – Attaining the throne: recollections of

Knossos Knossos (also Cnossos, both pronounced ; grc, Κνωσός, Knōsós, ; Linear B: ''Ko-no-so'') is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and has been called Europe's oldest city. Settled as early as the Neolithic period, the na ...

. ** Also, he was the author of the following treatises published in English: * ''An Attic cemetery; excavations in the Kerameikos at Athens under Gustav Oberlaender and the Oberlaender Trust'', 1943. * ''Greek personality in archaic sculpture'', 1948.Most widely held works by Georg Karo
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Karo, Georg 1872 births 1963 deaths University of Bonn alumni Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni Academic staff of the University of Halle Academic staff of the University of Freiburg German archaeologists Archaeologists from Florence