A NEW GUIDEBOOK TO PHAISTOS AND THE OTHER ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES OF SOUTH-CENTRAL CRETE IS BY NO MEANS REDUNDANT. ALL THE MONUMENTS OF THE MESARA ARE FIRST-CLASS AND TESTIFY TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THE AREA THROUGHOUT HISTORY. THERE HAS NOT BEEN A NEW GUIDE TO THESE MONUMENTS FOR OVER A DECADE, WHILE MORE RECENT EXCAVATIONS, INVESTIGATIONS, STUDIES AND PUBLICATIONS HAVE ADDED A WEALTH OF INFORMATION. [...](FROM THE FOREWORD OF THE BOOK)