Valerios Stais
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Valerios Stais was a Greek
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 archaeologist. He was born in Kythera. He studied medicine
Medicine
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 and later archaeology
Archaeology
Archaeology, or archeology , is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes...

. He became the director of the National Archaeological Museum of Athens
National Archaeological Museum of Athens
The National Archaeological Museum in Athens houses some of the most important artifacts from a variety of archaeological locations around Greece from prehistory to late antiquity. It is considered one of the great museums in the world and contains the richest collection of artifacts from Greek...

 in 1887 and held that post until his death. During that period he organized or participated in excavations in Epidaurus
Epidaurus
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, Argolis
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, Attica
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, Dimini
Dimini
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, Antikythera
Antikythera
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 and elsewhere. He also wrote a lot of archaeological studies, published in various papers and mainly in Archeologiki Efimeris (Αρχαιολογική Εφημερίς "Archaeological Newspaper"), and many books.

Valerios Stais also became the discoverer of the Antikythera mechanism
Antikythera mechanism
The Antikythera mechanism is an ancient mechanical computer designed to calculate astronomical positions. It was recovered in 1900–1901 from the Antikythera wreck. Its significance and complexity were not understood until decades later. Its time of construction is now estimated between 150 and 100...

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