Field workers taking shade in midday heat on the Lasithi Plateau or Plainin eastern Crete famous for its white sailed windmills

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Field workers taking shade in the midday heat on the Lasithi Plateau or Plain is an alluvial plain in eastern Crete famous for its white-sailed windmills or wind-pumps. Crete was once the center of the Minoan civilization (c. 2700–1420 BC), which is currently regarded as the earliest recorded civilization in Europe

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Location: Crete, Greece
Photo credit: © John Heseltine / Alamy / Afripics
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