Field photograph·C06784

Temple of Aphrodite in 1934

Temple of Aphrodite: a stone building with a palm tree behind its roof, with low walls and scattered stones in the foreground — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06784. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A long stone building with a flat roof and parapet stands at right, with rectangular window openings and a door at its end. A tall palm tree rises behind the roof edge. In the foreground a low dry-stone wall runs across the ground beside large blocks and rough stones on bare, dry earth.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Temple of Aphrodite, 1934.

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.

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