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Field photograph·C00066·1927

Tomb 303 a at Lapithos, during excavation

This field photograph shows human remains.

Tomb 303 a at Lapithos during excavation, with a jumbled skeleton in the lower left and large stones along the chamber wall.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00066. Public domain (CC0).

Description

The photograph shows the interior of a tomb chamber cut into earth during excavation, with the soil walls rising behind. In the lower left, skeletal bones lie in a jumbled heap on the ground. Several large stones lie along the back of the chamber, and a few smaller bones lie in the soil near the centre.

English, translated from the original record

Tomb 303 a at Lapithos, Vrysi tou Barba: tomb chamber with a skeleton and stones, during excavation.

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)