Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Field photograph·C00826·1928

Excavation at Oura: people with tools

Workers with wheelbarrows and tools in an excavation trench at Oura
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00826. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Workers stand in and beside a narrow excavation trench cut between rocky outcrops at Oura. Men push wooden wheelbarrows, one loaded with loose soil in the foreground, while two women in headscarves stand at the front holding tools. Several more people stand on the rocks and at the far edge of the cutting.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Workers with wheelbarrows and shovels in an excavation trench cut between rock outcrops, with a row of men on the left.
Description, scan 2
A trench is cut through the rocky ground, with a stone-faced cutting on the left. Several men and two women stand near wheelbarrows loaded with dark soil, some holding shovels and handles. Men in shirts and loose trousers, some wearing hats, stand along the upper edge of the trench among scattered boulders and scrub.

English, translated from the original record

Excavation at Oura, with people and tools during excavation.