Michael Basil Cosmopoulos is an anthropologically trained classicist and archaeologist specializing in: a)  ancient Greek religion (especially Mystery Cults); b) Social and Cultural Memory: and c) state formation in ancient Greece, especially the Mycenaean world.  He is Professor of Greek History and Archaeology and holder of the Hellenic Government-Karakas Foundation Endowed Professorship in Greek Studies  at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.  He is the director of the excavations of the Athens Archaeological Society at  Iklaina in Pylos; a Fellow of the Academy of Science (St. Louis); a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts; a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada; and a National Geographic Society Explorer.

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