Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Field photograph·Csn3078

Cypriote mining: copper mines, cave, wood and water

Entrance to a copper mine gallery framed by timber posts and a lintel, with water standing on the floor.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3078. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Looking into a rock-cut mine gallery whose entrance is framed by upright timber posts and a horizontal beam. The rock walls are pale and crumbling, and dark water covers the floor. In the foreground a wooden post stands upright in the water on a flat stone base.

English, translated from the original record

Cypriote mining: copper mines, a cave, wood and water.