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Field photograph·C00813·1927–28

Excavation site at Ayia Anastasia, Lapithos

Gnarled trees beside a stony path at Ayia Anastasia, Lapithos, with scrub along the right edge.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–28. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00813. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A dirt track runs between a grove of gnarled, leaning trees with thick trunks and dense dark foliage. Scattered stones cover the ground, and low bushes fill the right-hand edge. Beyond the trees the land opens into a flat distance under a pale sky.

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Description, scan 2
A row of old, gnarled trees with dense foliage stands along a dry, stony open ground that runs away from the camera. Scrubby bushes with bare branches fill the right foreground, and a low line of hills shows at the far right edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Excavation site at Ayia Anastasia, Lapithos.

Swedish, as on the record

Lapitos. Grävningsplatsen i Ajia Anastasia. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

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