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Field photograph·C06760·1930

Cave at Fylleri, Kythrea

Two men in a cave at Fylleri, Kythrea, one seated on a rock ledge and the other standing behind a column.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06760. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Interior of a cave at Fylleri, with pale flowstone columns and draperies on the left and a rough, pitted rock wall on the right. A man seated on a raised rock ledge in the centre has a bright spot of light near his hand, and a second man stands partly hidden behind the column at the upper left. Both look towards the camera, and a dark passage opens at the lower left.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Two men on a rocky ledge inside a cave at Fylleri, Kythrea, with pale stone formations along the walls.
Description, scan 2
A cave interior with smooth, pale flowing rock formations on the left and a pitted, rough rock surface on the right. Two men sit and stand together on a raised ledge in the middle, the seated one in front holding or near a bright light. Dark passages recede behind them into the cave.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Cave at Fylleri. Kythrea.

Swedish, as on the record

Grottan vid Fylleri. Kythrea. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

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