Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Field photograph·C00922

Kalavasos village

Kalavasos village seen from a slope, with flat-roofed houses, scrubby hills behind and a small group of people standing nearby.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00922. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A view down over the village of Kalavasos, with flat-roofed white houses clustered in a valley and bare, scrubby hills rising behind. A group of men in dark clothing stands on the slope in the foreground, with a dirt track curving up on the right, and a few cypress trees rise among the houses.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Kalavasos, the village. Buildings, people and trees.

Swedish, as on the record

Kalavasos, byn.