Field photograph·C02227·1929

Skeleton during excavation at Ayios Iakovos

This field photograph shows human remains.

Skeleton lying in an excavated pit at Ayios Iakovos, with bones partly uncovered in the dark soil.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02227. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Looking down into a rounded excavation pit with pale, crumbling earth walls. The bones of a skeleton lie in the dark soil at the centre, with a long leg bone and arm bones partly uncovered, and a small number label sits at the left edge.

English, translated from the original record

Excavation at Ayios Iakovos, with a skeleton visible.

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