Field photograph·C00957·1927–28

Tomb 426 at Lapithos Kastros, burial chamber with stones during excavation

Tomb 426 at Lapithos Kastros: entrance to a tomb chamber through a sloping passage, with a pile of stones beside it — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–28. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00957. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A rectangular passage slopes down from the excavated ground into a dark tomb chamber opening, its sides cut into compacted earth. A heap of pale rounded stones stands against the left edge of the cutting, and loose soil and small stones surround the excavated area. No people or finds are visible in the pit.

English, translated from the original record

Tomb 426 at Lapithos Kastros: tomb chamber with stones, during excavation.

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