Professional Summary
Daniel is a second-year PhD student in Classical Archaeology. He received a B.A. in Classical Archaeology and Ancient History with highest distinction from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Daniel also has received an M.A. in Greek and Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. His Master's thesis, "Seeing is Believing: Spatial Interactions and Visual Culture in Pausanias" explores how Pausanias describes the visual and spatial experience 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, method and theory, and the intersection of religious and civic spaces within the landscape of the Greek world. Daniel has excavated in the Palace of Nestor excavations at Pylos, the Agios Antonios-Alykomouri excavations in east Crete, and the Archaeodig Project in Populonia, Italy.
Education
B.A.: Classical Archaeology and Ancient History: University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, 2019
M.A.: Greek and Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 2024