ABSTRACT

In December 1994 the Greek press announced the death of the ‘great lady of archaeology’: ‘Semni Karouzou, the last representative of the generation of great archaeologists passed away full of days’ (To Vima, 11 December 1994). She was the first woman to enter the Greek Archaeological Service, more than 70 years ago. An outstanding scholar of humanistic education, she is perhaps the most important woman in Greek archaeology.