Demos Christou

In 1975 Christou began working as an Assistant Archaeological Officer at the Department of Antiquities.^[4] In 1979 he was tasked with heading a newly created section of the Department that focused on traditional architecture and folk art.^[5] He become the Director in 1991, succeeding Athanasios Papageorgiou. He conducted extensive excavations at the Iron Age city-kingdom of Kourion between 1975 and 1998.^[2] At Kourion, Christou discovered the forum of the city, and a possible basilica with a nymphaeum.^[6] In 1978 he conducted a minor survey that remains unpublished.^[5] in 1972 he conducted a brief excavation at Khirokoitia and a rescue excavations at the Chalcolithic cemetery at Souskiou-Vathirkakas. ^[7] He excavated the cemetery at Vathirkakas again in the 90's,^[8] and subsequently participated in the final publication of the cemetery together with prominent Prehistorians like Diane Bolger, Paul Croft, Carole McCartney, Edgar Peltenburg and Andrew Shortland.^[9]

Christou died on 2 March 2025, at the age of 87–88.^[10]

• Christou, D. (1985). Anavargos, archaeological site. Great Cypriot Encyclopedia, 2, 133-134.
• Christou, D. (1994). Kourion: a complete guide to its monuments and local museum. Filokipros Publications.
• Christou, D. (1996). Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéohgiques à Chypre en 1995. Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique, 120(2), 1051-1100.
• Χρήστου, Δ. (1996). Κυπρο-Αρχαϊκή Μνημειακή Ταφική Αρχιτεκτονική. Λευκωσία: Τμήμα Αρχαιοτήτων, Κύπρου.
• Χρήστου, Δ. (2013). Ανασκαφές Κουρίου 1975-1998. Τόμοι Α-Β. Nicosia: Department of Antiquities, Cyprus.