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Panos Valavanis (Greek:Πάνος Βαλαβάνης; 1954 – 14 May 2025) was a Greekclassical archaeologist.

Panos Valavanis was born in 1954. He studied at theUniversity of Athens and theUniversity of Würzburg. From 1980 onwards, he worked at the University of Athens, where from 2000 he was a professor extraordinarius in classical archaeology. Valavanis did research onGreek pottery andGreek vase painting, on the architecture and topography of ancient Athens, on ancient technology, and on ancient sports. For his bookGames and Sanctuaries in Ancient Greece, a foreword was written byJohn Boardman.

He was a corresponding member of theDeutsches Archäologisches Institut.

Valavanis died of cancer on 14 May 2025, at the age of 71.^[1]

• Hysplex. The Starting Mechanism in Ancient Stadia. A Contribution to Ancient Greek Technology, University of California Press, Los Angeles 1999ISBN 9780520098299
• Games and Sanctuaries in Ancient Greece, Getty Publications, Los Angeles 2004.ISBN 0-89236-762-8Review by Paul Christesen inBryn Mawr Classical Review 2005.01.20

• cv of Panos Valavanis (in Greek)Archived 27 May 2016 at theWayback Machine at the website ofUniversity of Athens

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