Field photograph·C00847·1928

Idalion Acropolis excavation with rocks and stones

Excavated stone walls on the Acropolis at Idalion, with a bare hill and flat plain behind
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00847. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Low stone walls stand in rough rows across the foreground, their faces built of flat stones and partly cleared of soil and rubble. Beyond them the excavated ground rises toward a bare ridge, while a flat plain stretches to the left under a pale sky.

English, translated from the original record

Excavation on the Acropolis at Idalion, with rocks and stones visible.

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