Field photograph·C00549·1928

Excavation with stones at Vouni

Excavation trench at Vouni with a stacked stone wall and shallow steps in the foreground
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00549. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A trench cut into pale earth has straight sides and a back face of irregular flat stones stacked in a heap, with a dark recess beneath them. Shallow steps cut into the earth run across the foreground toward the stones. The photograph is mounted on a dark card with a border.

English, translated from the original record

Excavation at the palace at Vouni, with stones visible.

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