Despotiko — Tsimintiri (the cemetery/burial site of Despotiko)

ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH 2001–2026

Wednesday, 8 July 2026
20:00 • Municipal Primary School

PRESENTATION

GIANNOS KOURAGIOS - Director of the Research Programme
ILIA NTAÏFA - Archaeologist
ALEXANDRA ALEXANDRIDOU - Associate Professor of Archaeology, University of Ioannina

Organisation: Ephorate of Antiquities of Cyclades · Municipality of Antiparos · Antiparos en Plo

Despotiko is the uninhabited islet just off Antiparos that has yielded one of the most significant archaeological sites in the Cyclades — a large Archaic-period sanctuary of Apollo, under excavation since 2001 under Kouragios's direction. Τσιμηντήρι is the local dialectal form of κοιμητήριο (cemetery/burial ground), pointing to a specific funerary area within the site distinct from the sanctuary itself. Twenty-five years of fieldwork is a remarkable milestone for the project.