Field photograph·C02279·1930

Excavation at Amathus, with people and trees

Excavation at Amathus with large cut stone slabs in the foreground, a spoil heap behind and trees on the horizon — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02279. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Large flat-cut stone slabs and blocks lie in an excavated area in the foreground. Behind them a vertical face of pale soil rises to a row of smaller stones, and a heap of excavated earth fills the centre. Olive or other trees stand along the horizon, with two small figures visible at the far left edge.

English, translated from the original record

Excavation at Amathus, with people and trees visible.

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