Luigi Pernier
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Luigi Pernier was an Italian archaeologist and academic now best known for his discovery of the Disc of Phaistos.
Disc of Phaistos: front/back
Sarcophagus of Hagia Triada
Cyrene
Crete
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Crete is the largest and most populous island of Greece, the 89th largest island in the world, and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica. Crete
Luigi Pernier
…Excavations of Antiquities' in Florence and carried out research at several central Italian sites; at the same time he joined the Italian Mission to Crete, directing its operations from 1906 to 1909 in place of Halbherr while the latter was detained in Italy. It was at this time that Pernier was involved…
NASA photograph of Crete
Messara Plain
The palm beach of Vai
Lefka Ori