Dr. Nikos Tsivikis is a field archaeologist and researcher at the Foundation for Research and Technology–Hellas (FORTH), the largest high-impact research institute in Greece. Nikos has always been fascinated by the societies of the past and how they shared a common home in the wider Eastern Mediterranean basin. He pursued this passion at the University of Crete, where he specialized in Byzantine archaeology and material culture. Since then, Nikos has led excavations and conducted research at major archaeological sites such as Amorium in Turkey and Messene in the Peloponnese, examining how everyday objects reflect social customs and cultural exchange across Europe and the Middle East.

Nikos has received fellowships at prestigious institutions such as Dumbarton Oaks and the Center for Hellenic Studies at Harvard University in Washington, D.C.; the Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations at Koç University in Istanbul; and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. He publishes widely in both English and the languages of the region he studies, focusing on how cities and urban settlements change over time. When not excavating, he remains passionate about antiquity and the ways in which we look to our past in search of understanding of the present.