Field photograph·C01042·1928

Idalion Acropolis excavation with rocks and stones

Excavated ruins on the Acropolis at Idalion, with low walls and stone foundations among rubble.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01042. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Looking across an excavated area of low stone walls and foundations set into pale earth. Rows of rough-hewn blocks step down between dark hollows, with rubble scattered over the surface and a rounded hill rising in the background under a pale sky.

English, translated from the original record

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

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)