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Alessandro Palma di Cesnola (1839–1914) was an American diplomat who conducted 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).^[1] In 1878, Cesnola was arrested for conducting an illegal investigation in Cyprus.^[2] Alessandro was the brother of the better known excavator Luigi Palma Di Cesnola.^[2]

Publications

Cesnola, A. P. di. (1881). Cyprus Antiquities: excavated by Major Alexander Palma di Cesnola, member of the Biblical Archaeological Society, 1876-1879. London: Printed and bound by W. Holmes & Son.
Cesnola, A. P. (1884). Salaminia (Cyprus): The History, Treasures, & Antiquities of Salamis in the Island of Cyprus. Whiting and Company.
Cesnola, A. P. di. (1887). Salamina (Cipro): storia, tesori e antichità di Salamina nell’isola di Cipro. Ermanno Loescher.

References

^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cesnola, Luigi Palma di § Alessandro Palma di Cesnola". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 768.
^ ^a ^b Stanley-Price, Nicholas (September 2018). "Illicit Excavation: The Trial of Alessandro Palma di Cesnola in Cyprus in 1878". The Antiquaries Journal. 98: 297–317. doi:10.1017/S000358151800001X. ISSN 0003-5815. S2CID 165904583.

External links

[EB1911-1] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cesnola, Luigi Palma di § Alessandro Palma di Cesnola". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 768.

[:0-2] Stanley-Price, Nicholas (September 2018). "Illicit Excavation: The Trial of Alessandro Palma di Cesnola in Cyprus in 1878". The Antiquaries Journal. 98: 297–317. doi:10.1017/S000358151800001X. ISSN 0003-5815. S2CID 165904583.

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