 He was born in Athens in 1963 and graduated from the Anavryta Magnet High School.He studied Archaeology, Ancient History, Anthropology, and Classical Languages at the University of Athens (B.A., summa cum laude, 1981), the University of Sorbonne-Paris IV (D.E.U.G., 1983), and Washington University in St. Louis (M.A.1986, Ph.D. 1991).