Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Field photograph·Csn3021

Troodos forest

Tall straight tree trunks in the Troodos forest, with a dirt track and ferns on the forest floor.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3021. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Tall, straight tree trunks stand close together in a forest, with a sandy dirt track running along the lower left and low ferns and undergrowth on the ground. Branches with needle foliage spread across the upper part of the image, and wooded slopes rise in the background on the right.

English, as on the record

TROODOS FOREST. Mangoian Bros. "There are whole woods of cypress, and many pine trees. From these last oozes the best and most fragrant resin or turpentine, of the greatest use in affections of the stomach…. Wild in the woods are found gazelles, deer, herbs, rabbits and many other such animals, but none dangerous or savage." Ioannes Cotovicus-1599 (Itnerarium Hierosolymitanum).

English, as on the record

TROODOS FOREST. Mangoian Bros. "There are whole woods of cypress, and many pine trees. From these last oozes the best and most fragrant resin or turpentine, of the greatest use in affections of the stomach…. Wild in the woods are found gazelles, deer, herbs, rabbits and many other such animals, but none dangerous or savage." Ioannes Cotovicus-1599 (Itnerarium Hierosolymitanum).