Field photograph·Csn3080

Ancient untimbered gallery at Mavrovouni

Narrow rock-cut gallery at Mavrovouni, with a lamp standing on the floor at its far end. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3080. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A narrow, roughly squared passage cut into rock, with uneven walls and a low arched roof running back into darkness. A small metal lamp stands on the floor near the far end, lit from its front, and a few loose stones lie on the sandy ground in the foreground.

English, translated from the original record

Cypriote mining: ancient untimbered gallery at Mavrovouni.

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