Field photograph·C00952·1927–28

Tomb 429 at Lapithos, burial chamber with stones during excavation

Excavated tomb chamber at Lapithos, its opening filled with heaped and stacked stones — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–28. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00952. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Looking into a cut in the earth where a tomb chamber opens, its interior packed with heaped and stacked stones against the back. Rough stone walling runs along the right edge of the cut, and the excavated floor in front is bare earth with some loose stones.

English, translated from the original record

Tomb 429 at Lapithos: burial chamber with stones, during excavation.

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