Field photograph·C00545·1928

Excavation with stones at Vouni

Excavated cutting with a heap of flat stones set into an opening in a soil face, at Vouni — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00545. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A vertical excavation cutting with pale, rough earth walls. Near the top, a dark opening runs back beneath a row of flat, pale stones packed together in a low mass. Below, layers of soil and smaller stones fade into a lighter, uneven floor at the bottom of the cut.

English, translated from the original record

Excavation at the palace at Vouni, with stones visible.

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