Professional Summary
Daniel is a first-year PhD student in Classical Archaeology. He received a BA in Classical Archaeology and Ancient History with highest distinction from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Daniel also has received an MA in Greek and Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. His Master's thesis, "Seeing is Believing: Spatial Intercations and Visual Culture in Pausanias" explores how Pausanias depicts the spatial interactions of 2nd century CE Greece and how these descriptions are ultimately perceived by the audience through the creation of mental pictures of the ancient landscape.
Daniel's research interests include spatiality and visuality in the ancient world, cross-cultural contact and interactions, and the use and reuse of urban architecture of the Greek world. Daniel has participated in the excavations of a multi-use Roman villa in Populonia, Italy and the Early Minoan settlement of Alykomouri in Kavousi, Crete.
Education
BA: Classical Archaeology and Ancient History: University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, 2019
MA: Greek and Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 2024