Field photograph·C00740·1928

Four men and women working with spades at Vouni

Four people digging with long-handled tools in an excavation at Vouni, with a wheelbarrow on rails and the sea beyond — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00740. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Four people work in the excavation at Vouni, bending over and digging beside a low wall of large stone blocks. A person in a long garment stands by a large wooden wheelbarrow on rails at left, while an olive tree and rocky hills rise behind. Beyond the coast, a small islet lies on the sea at right.

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Description, scan 2: Four people, some in long dresses and head coverings, work with spades in an excavation bordered by a low stone wall. A large iron tipping wagon on rails stands at left beside a small tree, and beyond lie rocky hills and a calm sea with a small islet on the right.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Work in progress at Vouni. Four people, men and women, working with spades at the excavation.

Swedish, as on the record

Arbetsbild. Vouni. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

Swedish, as on the record

Fyra personer, män och kvinnor, arbetar med spadar på utgrävningen.