VARVARA N. PAPADOPOULOU was born in Ioannina. She graduated from the Department of Archaeology and History of Art of the Faculty of Philosophy of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She completed her Master’s degree (Interdepartmental Programme of Medieval Studies) and her Doctoral (PhD) degree at the University of Ioannina. She works as an archaeologist at the Archaeological Service. She has conducted numerous excavations and participated in many restoration and consolidation projects in the wider region of Epirus. She is the Director of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Arta and the Deputy Director of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Ioannina.