Field photograph·C00888·1928

Idalion Acropolis excavation with rocks and stones

Excavated wall foundations on the Idalion acropolis, with a trench in the foreground and hills behind. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00888. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A wide view over an excavated hilltop where low wall foundations of stone and earth stand a few courses high. A deep trench cuts across the middle foreground, with loose stones scattered over the pale ground. Open, dry fields and low hills stretch into the distance on the left under a bright sky.

English, translated from the original record

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

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