Archaeologist and Researcher of Kaunas History Algirdas ŽAlnierius Has Died.

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Lithuanian archaeologist Algirdas Žalnierius, one of the researchers whose work significantly contributed to the knowledge of the past of Kaunas and other historical sites in Lithuania, has died.

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"Born on February 29, 1948 in Kaunas, he devoted his entire life to revealing its ancient history. From 1972 until his retirement, he worked at the then Institute of Monument Conservation (later the Kaunas Institute of Monument Restoration and Design). Under his leadership, numerous sites in the Kaunas Old Town, Panemunė and Trakai Castles, manor houses and old settlements in the Kaunas region were explored." - the website of the Lithuanian Arch…