Field photograph·C00307·1927–28

Work in progress at Lapithos

Workers digging a long trench at Lapithos, with shovels and a pick, and a white tent in the background — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–28. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00307. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A line of workers digs a long trench across flat, stony ground, some kneeling and others standing with shovels and a pick. A man in a pith helmet stands at the left edge with one arm outstretched, and spoil heaps line the sides of the cut. Small white tents and scattered trees stand in the distant background under a pale sky.

Other scans of this record (2)

Description, scan 2: A line of workers digs a long, narrow trench across a stony, open field, with several men standing along its edge and others working in the cut. Two men in the foreground hold shovels, and one bends low with a hoe. A white tent and a row of scattered trees appear in the distance under a pale sky.
Description, scan 3: Men in shirts, trousers and hats dig along a long trench cut into stony, bare ground. A man on the right stands holding an upright spade, while another bends low inside the trench with a tool. Further back, more workers, a white tent and scattered trees stretch across flat open country.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Lapithos, work in progress.

Swedish, as on the record

Lapithos, arbetsbild. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen