Field photograph·C00023·1927

Excavation at Vrysi tou Barba, Lapithos, with skeleton and stones

This field photograph shows human remains.

Excavation at Vrysi tou Barba, Lapithos, with a skeleton lying in the soil of a pit — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00023. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A close view down into an excavated pit, with soil walls curving around a floor of loose earth. In the centre lie dark, broken bone shapes, including several long bones, partly mixed with crumbled soil. The surrounding ground is rough and uneven.

English, translated from the original record

Excavation at Vrysi tou Barba, Lapithos: a skeleton and stones, during excavation.

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