Draft:Pavlos Flourentzos

Pavlos Flourentzos FSA (Greek: Παύλος Φλουρέντζος) (Famagusta, 1947 - 23 July 2023) was a Cypriot archaeologist who served as the director of the Department of Antiquities from 2004 until 2009.

Early life and education
Flourentzos was born in Famagusta in 1947. He graduated from Charles University with an MA in Classical Archaeology and History of Art and a PhD in Classical Archaeology.

Professional career
He worked in the Department of Antiquities from 1973 until his retirement in 2009, serving as director from 2004 until 2009. Additionally, he acted as the secretary of the Cypriot Committee to ICOM, since 1994 he had been a member of the Society of Antiquaries of London and since 2005 a corresponding member of German Archaeological Institute. Between 1986 and 1988 he conducted rescue excavations of tombs near the villages of Kantou and Alassa. In later years, Flourentzos conducted systematic excavations in the Iron Age city-kingdom of Amathus between 1991 and 2006. His work in Amathus has contributed to the understanding the influence of the Egyptian religion and the Ptolemaic dynasty in Hellenistic Amathus. He published excensively on the subject of figurines and religious cults in ancient Cyprus.

Publications

 * Flourentzos, P. (1973). Kyperské archaické terakoty a jejich vztahy k okolním zemím. Listy Filologické / Folia Philologica, 96(3), 138–145. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23459092
 * Flourentzos, P. (1976). Two figurines of the Aphrodite—Astarte type in the Limasol District Museum. Listy Filologické / Folia Philologica. 99 (2), 65-66.
 * Φλουρέντζος, Π. (1977). Τα Τσέχικα Οδοιπορικά της Αναγέννησης και η Κύπρος.
 * Flourentzos, P. (1988). Tomb discoveries from the Necropolis of Agia Paraskevi, Nicosia. Report of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus, 121–25.
 * Flourentzos, P. (1991). Excavations in the Kouris Valley, Vol. I: The Tombs. Nicosia: Republic of Cyprus, Ministry of Communication and Works, Department of Antiquities.
 * Φλουρέντζος, Π. (1994). Η Θεά με τα υψωμένα χέρια στην Ευρώπη και στην Ανατολική Μεσόγειο. Archaeologia Cypria III, 86-92.
 * Flourentzos, P. (1996). Excavations in the Kouris Valley II: The Basilica of Alassa. Nicosia: Republic of Cyprus, Ministry of Communication and Works, Department of Antiquities.
 * Flourentzos, P. (2002). The iconography of deer in Cyprus through the ages. Zeitschrift für Jagdwissenschaft48 (Suppl 1), 180–193. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02192407
 * Φλουρέντζος, Π. (2004). Ανασκαφές στην Αμαθούντα: Η αρχαία σήραγγα, Α' Τόμος, Λευκωσία: Τμήμα Αρχαιοτήτων.
 * Flourentzos, P. (2007). An unknown Graeco-Roman temple from the lower town of Amathous. Cahiers du Centre d'Etudes Chypriotes. 37, 299-306. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3406/cchyp.2007.1509
 * Flourentzos, P. (2009). The Relations of Egyptian Iconography and Symbolism with the Royal Ideology of Cypriot City Kingdoms. In V. Kassianidou, D. Michaelides, & R. S. Merrillees (Eds.), Egypt and Cyprus in Antiquity (pp. 67–77). Oxbow Books. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1cfr8vg.13
 * Pavlos Flourentzos et Maria Luisa Vitobello, (2009). The Phoenician gold jewellery from Kition, Cyprus, ArcheoSciences. 33, 143-149. https://doi.org/10.4000/archeosciences.2135
 * Flourentzos, P. (2010). Contributo alla topografia di Kourion durante l’Età del Bronzo: una nuova proposta. In A.M. Jasink and L. Bombardieri, eds. Researches of Cypriote History and Archaeology. Proceedings of the Conference held in Florence, April 29–30th 2009 (Firenze). Firenze, 9–18.
 * Flourentzos, P. (2011). New evidence of the aniconic iconography of Astarte-Aphrodite in Cyprus. Classica Orientalia. Essays Presented to Wiktor Andrzej Daszewski on his 75th Birthday, 175-182.
 * Flourentzos, P. (2015). New Evidence about Theos Hypsistos cult in Roman Cyprus. Cahiers du Centre d'Etudes Chypriotes. 45, 383-388. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3406/cchyp.2015.1651