Field photograph·C02298·1930

Excavation at Amathus with skeleton and stones

This field photograph shows human remains.

Excavation at Amathus showing a skeleton and scattered stones on a sloping rock-cut floor — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02298. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Looking down into a rock-cut hollow at Amathus, a sloping sandy floor holds scattered small pale stones. Long bones of a skeleton run diagonally across the centre-right, and more bone fragments lie near the upper left edge. Rough rock walls form the sides and top of the cut, with a few larger stones at the bottom edge.

English, translated from the original record

Excavation at Amathus, showing a skeleton and stones.

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