Alessandro Palma di Cesnola

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Alessandro Palma di Cesnola (1839–1914) conducted illegal excavations in Cyprus. He worked at Paphos (where he was U.S. vice-consul) and Salamis on behalf of the British government. The results of these are described in Salaminia (1882).

Alessandro was the brother of the better known archaeologist Luigi Palma Di Cesnola.

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