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Greek archaeologist

Nanno (Ourania) Marinatos (Greek: Ναννώ (Ουρανία) Μαρινάτου; born ) is Professor Emerita of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies at the University of Illinois Chicago, whose research focuses on the Minoan civilisation, especially Minoan religion.

Early life and education

Nanno Marinatos was born in Athens in ; her parents were Aimila Loverdos and Spyridon Marinatos, an archaeologist of the Bronze Age Aegean.^[1][2] Named Ourania after her grandmother, she was nicknamed "Nanno" by her father after a woman associated by ancient sources with the poet Mimnermus.^[2] Marinatos studied at the German School in Athens, from where she graduated in ^[3] She studied classical philology and archaeology at the University of Colorado at Boulder, receiving her PhD in ^[2][3][4]

Career

Marinatos is Professor Emerita of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies at the Universit