amphorae photo source : Lorie Pierce
There are an incredible number of distinctive artifact shapes. An amphora seems like an improbable shape for a container for those of us used to flat bottom cans, bottles and boxes. Yet these were the common containers for wine, oils an other traded commodities in the ancient Mediterranean region. They even held hordes of coins.
horde of tetradrachma in amphora photo source : Lorie Pierce
Upon seeing this display, one young girl announced to her family that she had found buried treasure.
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