The speaker was Mrs. Maria Parani, Associate Professor of Byzantine Archeology and Art History at the Department of History and Archeology of the University of Cyprus.
This was followed by a tour and on-site presentation of the findings at the site of the ancient temple of the Transfiguration where the excavations are taking place.
The coordinator was Konstantinos Petrou.
The lecture was dedicated to the Church and speakers will be Mr. George Filotheou from the Department of Antiquities and Mrs. Maria Parani, Associate Professor of Byzantine Archeology and Art History at the Department of History and Archeology of the University of Cyprus.
The topic of the lecture was "The early Christian basilicas in Cyprus. Excavations in the Basilica of the Savior of Famagusta ".
Prof. Maria Parani is an Associate Professor at the Department of History and Archeology of the University of Cyprus. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Athens (Bachelor of History and Archeology, Archeology and Art History, 1991) and postgraduate studies at University College London (MA Archeology 1993) and the University of Oxford (D.Phil. Byzantine Archeology and Art, 2000). . He was a Fellow in Byzantine Studies at Dumbarton Oaks, Washington DC (2001-2002) and a Hannah Seeger Davis Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Greek Studies Program at Princeton University (2002-2003). He has important publications, while he has edited three volumes of practical conferences. Since May 2014, he has undertaken the coordination of the research project "The Church of the Transfiguration in Sotira Famagusta: History Architecture - Murals", which is carried out in collaboration with the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus and funded by the Anastasios G. Leventis Foundation.
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