Dimitris Damaskos is Professor of Classical Archaeology in the Department of History – Archaeology at the University of Patras. He graduated from the School of Philosophy of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and completed his doctoral dissertation in Classical Archaeology at Freie Universität Berlin. He has worked in the Sculpture Collection of the National Archaeological Museum in Athens and for several years was responsible for the publication of the Benaki Museum’s annual scholarly journal. His research focuses particularly on the archaeology of Macedonia, ancient topography, and sculpture. He has published monographs and studies on Macedonia and on the sculptures of the Archaeological Museum of Kavala, and has completed a monograph on the archaeology of ancient Orestis. Since 2019, he has directed archaeological excavations on the Acropolis of Amphipolis. He also collaborates with the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, and the Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) in Mumbai within the framework of the Ancient Worlds Project. He is a member of major Greek and international archaeological organisations.