EROFILI-IRIS KOLIA is an archaeologist and Director of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Ilia. She graduated from the Department of History and Archaeology in the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Athens, has a master’s degree specialising in Classical Archaeology and a PhD in Archaeology from the University of Athens (2000) on «Hellenistic Pottery from Naxos». She was admitted to the Archaeological Service in 1993 after successful examination and has served in the Ephorates of Antiquities in Argolis, Achaia (formerly the 6th EPKA), Cephalonia and Ithaca, as well as in Ilia as curator, head of Department and director (in the last three, respectively). She has carried out many excavations, the most important being that of the Sanctuary of Heliconian Poseidon in the area of Eliki. She was also a member of the Greek research project in Sybaris in Italy. She has written articles in academic journals, as well as monographs. As Director of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Ilia since 2015, she has taken care of the restoration and promotion of monuments in Olympia, particularly the Gymnasium.