Field photograph·C02215·1929–31

Excavation at the palace at Vouni, rock and wall

Excavated stone walls on a hillside at Vouni palace, with hills and the sea haze beyond
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02215. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Stepped courses of large squared stone blocks form walls cut into a sloping hillside. Bare excavated ground and loose rubble lie in the foreground, with a low shrub at left and another on the ridge at right. Beyond, hazy hills fall toward a bay of the sea at the left edge.

English, translated from the original record

Excavation at the palace at Vouni, showing rock and a wall.

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