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Field photograph·C01517·1927

The theatre at Soli

Excavation trench at the theatre at Soli, with workers digging among large stones and a standing man in a hat.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01517. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Looking down into a deep excavation trench cut between large pale rock blocks, with workers bending and digging in the soil at the bottom. A man in a light suit and hat stands at the trench edge holding a long tool, and more workers are scattered across the excavated ground behind. Ruined walls and heaps of earth rise in the middle distance, with low hills on the horizon.

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  • Excavation trench at the theatre at Soli, with workers digging between large stone blocks and walls.
Description, scan 2
A deep excavation trench runs between large pale stone blocks, with several workers in head coverings bending and digging in the soil at its base. A man in a light suit and hat stands at right holding a long pole, and more figures work among spoil heaps and ruined walls on the slope behind. Low hills rise in the distant background.

English, translated from the original record

Excavation at the theatre at Soli, with people and stones.

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