Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Field photograph·C00250·1927

Soli, the theatre

Excavation at Soli, the theatre: workers digging on a hillside above a flat plain and a stretch of water.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00250. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Workers with spades and wheelbarrows dig across a sloping hillside, with heaped soil and cut banks in the middle and foreground. Beyond them a wide plain stretches toward a body of water at the left, and a white tent stands near the left edge.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Workers excavating the theatre at Soli on a sloping mound, with wheelbarrows, spoil heaps and a bay in the distance
Description, scan 2
About thirty workers, most in hats and light clothing, dig on a bare, sloping mound while spoil heaps rise behind them. Wheelbarrows stand on the ground in the foreground, and a woman in a long dress walks among the diggers. Beyond, a flat plain stretches to a bay of water and distant hills under a pale sky.

English, translated from the original record

Soli: the theatre, during excavation.

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