Field photograph·C02308·1930

Excavation at Amathus with stones and trees

Excavation trench at Amathus with large dressed stone blocks lying in the cut and trees beyond — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02308. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A trench has been cut into the soil, with several large pale stone blocks lying in and around it, one of them tilted against a stone slab. Spoil heaps of loose earth rise behind the trench, and a row of trees stands along the skyline.

English, translated from the original record

Excavation at Amathus, with stones and trees visible.

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