Ourania Palli

Archaeologist. Head of Department
T: +30 2313 310248

Born in Maroussi, Attica, she studied at the Department of History and Archaeology of the Kapodistrian University of Athens and at the Institut du Paléontologie Humaine, Muséum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris, specializing in Middle Palaeolithic chipped stone industries. She is a PhD candidate at the Department of History - Archaeology of the Kapodistrian University of Athens.

She has participated in excavations and surface surveys throughout Greece. From 1998 to 2010 she worked as a contract archaeologist for the Ministry of Culture. In 2006 she was appointed to the LB’ EPKA, where she was responsible for the project "Exhibition of the Archaeological Museum of Igoumenitsa" (3rd Community Support Framework) until 2009. In 2011 she was appointed to the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, where she worked in the Department of Exhibitions, Communication and Education, while in December 2024 she is Head of Publications Designing and Archive Management Department of the Museum.

Her research interests focus on Prehistory, Palaeolithic period, chipped stone industries and museum studies. She has presented papers at scientific conferences, edited publications and published articles on archaeological and museological topics.