Field photograph·C01091·1928

Stones at Idalion Acropolis during excavation

Standing ruined stone walls with arched openings and fallen boulders at the Idalion acropolis during excavation
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01091. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Rubble stone walls stand several courses high across the frame, with a rounded arched opening in the centre and a rectangular niche at the right. Loose boulders and fallen stones lie in the foreground, and the flat ground beyond the walls runs under a pale sky.

English, translated from the original record

Stones at Idalion Acropolis, during excavation.

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