Sophocles Hadjisavvas (Greek: Σοφοκλής Χατζησάββας) (b. 1944) is a Cypriot archaeologist and director of the Department of Antiquities between.
Early life and education.
He was born in 1944 in Kakopetria and graduated from Pancyprian Gymnasium. Between 1965-1970 he studied archaeology and history at Sofia University.
Carrier.
In 1973 he began working for the Department of Antiquities, from 1990 to 1997 he held the position of Curator of Monuments. In 1997 he succeeded Demos Christou in the position of the director of the Department, serving in that capacity until 2004. In his early years in the Deparment, he conducted survey work around Cyprus, especially in the districts of Famagusta and Kyrenia.
Hadjisavvas has conducted various excavations throughout the island, the most notable being the excavation of a Late Bronze Age, administrative complex, settlement and cemetery in the area of Alassa. Additionally, he conducted extensive excavations in the necropolis of Kition, between 1979 and 1984. Furthermore he conducted excavations at Paphos, starting in 1977 at the Tombs of the Kings, and later at Nicosia, and Ayia Napa.
He is notable for his extensive research on olive oil and wine presses discovered in Cyprus that date from the Bronze Age to the Late Roman period. He represented Cypriot archaeology in various international conferences, including at the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America.
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