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Field photograph·C06782

Temple of Aphrodite in 1934

Temple of Aphrodite ruins at Paphos with a large bare tree over scattered stone blocks
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06782. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Stone ruins and scattered worked blocks lie on a rubble-strewn ground. A large tree with bare, spreading branches and a thick trunk with exposed roots fills the left side and upper part of the view. Low walls and a tall palm stand in the background under a pale sky, and a cylindrical column drum rises near the centre.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Ruins of the Temple of Aphrodite at Kouklia seen beneath a large bare tree
Description, scan 2
A large bare tree with a thick, twisted trunk and exposed roots fills the left and upper part of the picture. Behind it lie low walls of stone and mud brick, scattered dressed blocks and rubble on stony ground, and a standing column drum in the centre. A tall palm rises on the right, and two tiny figures stand on a distant wall.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Temple of Aphrodite, 1934. Copy photograph.

Swedish, as on the record

Afroditetemplet 1934. Afrodites helgedom var en helgedom i antika Pafos på Cypern tillägnad gudinnan Afrodite (grekisk gudinna för kärlek och skönhet). Den ligger i Kouklia (grekiska: Κούκλια, turkiska: Kukla), en by i Pafos-distriktet där Afrodites legendariska födelse ägde rum.

Swedish, as on the record

Repro. Cypernexpeditionen.

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