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Field photograph·C00255·1927

Soli: the theatre

Workers excavating stepped tiers in the hillside at Soli, with women and men shovelling earth beside a wheelbarrow and the sea behind.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00255. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Workers dig a hillside excavation at Soli, cutting the soil into curved, stepped tiers. Several women in long dresses and headscarves and men in hats shovel and carry earth, and a metal wheelbarrow stands in the middle of the cut. A heap of spoil rises to the right, and the sea shows along the top edge of the view.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Excavation at Soli theatre with workers, a wheelbarrow and stepped cuttings in the ground, sea in the distance
Description, scan 2
Workers dig in a sloping excavation with terraced, stepped cuttings running down the left side. A wheelbarrow stands in the centre, and several people in hats and headscarves work with shovels and soil. A spoil heap rises on the right and the sea shows beyond the far edge of the dig.

English, translated from the original record

Soli, the theatre. People, steps and excavation are visible in the photograph.

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