Field photograph·C00039·1927–28

Lapithos topography: excavation with a tent and a mountain or rock

Excavation at Lapithos with mounds of earth and a white tent, with mountains behind. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–28. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00039. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A wide view over an excavated area of loose, broken earth with many spoil mounds and shallow pits. A small white tent stands in the middle distance beside a folding table, with a wooden hut and a ladder at the right edge. Dry rising mountains fill the background under a pale sky.

English, translated from the original record

Excavation at Lapithos with a tent and a mountain or rock in view.

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