Field photograph·C01411·1929

Tomb 10 at Ayios Iakovos, tomb chamber with skeleton

This field photograph shows human remains.

Tomb 10 at Ayios Iakovos: skeleton lying in the tomb chamber during excavation — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01411. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Bones of a skeleton lie in loose soil inside the tomb chamber, with long limb bones clearly visible in the lower centre and right. Further bones fade into bright light at the upper left, and earth walls of the cut rise along the top and right edges.

English, translated from the original record

Tomb 10 at Ayios Iakovos: tomb chamber with a skeleton, during excavation.

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