Field photograph·C00614·1928

The palace hill at Vouni before the excavation

This field photograph shows human remains.

The palace hill at Vouni before excavation, a stony mound with a large tree and a group of people — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00614. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A bare, stony hill rises across the lower half of the picture, its surface strewn with loose rocks and soil. On the crest at left a group of people stand, including a man in a hat and several children, while at right a large tree shades a few seated and standing figures. Low hills fade into haze in the far distance.

Other scans of this record (2)

Description, scan 2: A bare, stony hill rises across the lower half of the photograph, its surface strewn with loose rocks and stones. On the crest to the left, a loose group of people in dark dress stands among them, some with small children, while a large tree on the right shelters several more figures seated and standing in its shade. Distant hills fade into the hazy sky.
Description, scan 3: A bare, stony hill at Vouni, its rough ground strewn with loose stones and rubble. On the crest at left several people stand and walk, and under a large spreading tree at right others sit and stand in its shade. Faint hills show in the hazy far background beneath a pale sky.

English, translated from the Swedish record

The palace hill before the excavation. Vouni.

Swedish, as on the record

Palatskullen förer utgrävningen. Vouni Svenska Cypernexpeditionen