Field photograph·C02761·1930

Excavation at Soli, Cholades Temples C-F: stone construction

Excavation at Soli, Cholades temples: stone steps of worked blocks cut into a soil bank
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02761. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A photograph shows a stepped stone construction of large dressed blocks in the foreground, with rough stone walling to the left and beside a dark cutting on the right. Behind it a steep bank of excavated earth and rubble rises towards hills under a pale sky. The ground around the stones is bare.

English, translated from the original record

Excavation at Cholades, Soli, showing stone construction.

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