Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Field photograph·C08443·1927–1931

North Africa

Rocky limestone ground with fallen stone blocks, a long walled structure on a hilltop and a small building, with the sea at right.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C08443. Public domain (CC0).

Description

In the foreground, large pale limestone blocks and rough rock outcrops lie among scrubby grass. Beyond them, a slope rises to a long pale wall and a low building on the crest, with a dirt track winding up the hill. The sea is visible at the far right edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

North Africa: building, hill and stone.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Nord-Afrika.