Field photograph·C02555·1928

Acropolis from the south-west at Idalion

Ruined stone walls of the acropolis at Idalion, with a town, trees and hills in the distance. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02555. Public domain (CC0).

Description

View from the south-west over the excavated acropolis at Idalion, with low ruined stone walls and loose rubble in the foreground. A column drum stands on a base at lower right, and three people sit or stand on the walls near the centre. Beyond, a town and dense trees spread across the flat plain, with a range of hills along the horizon.

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Description, scan 2: Stone walls and rooms of the Acropolis at Idalion fill the foreground, with rubble and a squared stone block lying among them. Three people sit on the ruins at left-centre, and beyond a flat plain a village with trees and a domed building lies below bare hills and mountains.

English, translated from the Swedish record

The Acropolis from the south-west. Idalion.

Swedish, as on the record

Akropolen från sydväst. Idalion. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen