Field photograph·Csn3074

Cypriote mining at Mavrovouni: ancient underground with timber supports

Underground passage at Mavrovouni with timber beam and posts, and a young man standing in the opening — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3074. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A narrow underground passage with rough, flaking rock walls, a horizontal timber beam across the top and upright timber posts on each side. A young man in a light shirt and dark trousers stands in the opening, leaning slightly forward and looking towards the camera, and his figure is somewhat blurred. Darkness fills the passage behind him.

English, translated from the original record

Ancient underground copper mine at Mavrovouni with timber supports, showing a person.

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