Field photograph·C00892·1928

Excavation with stones and a person at Idalion Acropolis

Excavated stone walls at Idalion Acropolis, with a standing person on the edge of the excavation at upper left. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00892. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Stone walls of an excavated structure rise from the pit in the foreground, with a dark opening in the middle of the masonry. A person in a long dark dress stands on the edge of the excavation at the upper left. Beyond, the sloping ground and cultivated fields with terrace lines stretch toward distant low hills.

English, translated from the original record

Excavation at Idalion Acropolis, showing stones and a person.

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