Kostas Kotsanas

Kostas Kotsanas was born in 1963 in Aigeira - Seliana,Achaia. He studied in the Department of Mechanical Engineeringat the Polytechnic University of Patras (Greece).

He has given numerous lectures as guest speaker that concern his research and studies about Ancient Greek Technology at International Conferences, Universities, Archaeological Museums, international Institutions, in Greece and abroad.

He is the Founder of "Kotsanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology" in Katakolo and the "Archimedes' Museum" in Ancient Olympia and "Kotsanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology" in Athens.

Approximately 350 functional models of ancient Greek inventions are displayed in the museums and their aim is to reveal an unknown aspect of ancient Greek civilization and to prove that the technology of the ancient Greeks, just before the end of the ancient Greek world, was extremely similar to the beginning of our modern technology.

Kotsanas Museum and its Founder Kostas Kotsanas have curated numerous periodic exhibitions that have been presented in all over the world in Archaeological and Scientific Museums, Universities and International Institutions, e.g. University of Connecticut, Patent Office of The Hague, Munich and Vienna, Archaeological Museum of Varese and Basel, the Polytech of Lyon, Hellenic Museum of Melbourne, ScienceMuseum of Korea, National Library of France (Paris), GalileoPark (Germany), National Science Museum of Thailand, Science Centre of Singapore,Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Egypt), etc.

Kostas Kotsanas has written six books regarding ancient Greek technology and he has been awarded for his work in Greece and abroad.