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2. Amphora - Wikipedia

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   Silver amphora-rhyton with zoomorphic handles, c. 500 BC, Vassil Bojkov Collection (Sofia, Bulgaria) An amphora (/ ˈ æ m f ər ə /; Ancient Greek: ἀμφορεύς, romanized: amphoreús; English pl. amphorae or amphoras) is a type of container [1] with a pointed bottom and characteristic shape and size which fit tightly (and therefore safely) against each other in storage rooms and ...

3. Nikosthenic amphora - Wikipedia

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   Amazonomachy on a Nikosthenic amphora by Nikosthenes and the N Painter, ca. 520 BC, Louvre. A Nikosthenic amphora is a type [1] of Attic vase invented in the late 6th century BC by the potter Nikosthenes, aimed specifically for export to Etruria.

4. Panathenaic amphora - Wikipedia

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   Goddess and Polis: The Panathenaic Festival in Ancient Athens. Hood Museum of Art and Art and Princeton University Press. Martin Bentz Panathenäische Preisamphoren: eine athenische Vasengattung und ihre Funktion vom 6. - 4. Jahrhundert v. Chr. Basel, Vereinigung der Freunde Antiker Kunst 1998 (Antike Kunst: Beihefte; 18) ISBN 3-909064-18-3

5. Pottery of ancient Greece - Wikipedia

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   In any case, the faithful reproduction of the process involving extensive experimental work that led to the creation of a modern production unit in Athens since 2000, [25] has shown that the ancient vases may have been subjected to multiple three-stage firings following repainting or as an attempt to correct color failures [20] The technique ...

6. Tyrrhenian amphora - Wikipedia

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   Tyrrhenian amphora by the Fallow Deer Painter of the Tyrrhenian Group. Munich, Staatliche Antikensammlungen The Tyrrhenian amphora is a specific shape of Attic black-figure neck amphora.

7. Ancient Amazon people lived in ‘garden cities’, ate corn and ...

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   Ancient Amazon people lived in ‘garden cities’, ate corn and raised ducks, archaeologists find. ... Get organizers for all of your Christmas decorations on sale now for as low as $10. AOL.

8. Clementina Panella - Wikipedia

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   Her continuing interest in the testimony contributed by ancient amphoras, their imprinted bullae of manufacture and the traces of the goods they carried, were reflected in her contribution to The Ancient Economy, 2002 [3] She is often called upon to provide dates for amphorae found at otherwise hard-to-date sites, such as shipwrecks.

9. Grandmother finds rare ancient artifact — but doesn’t tell ...

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   Archaeologists identified the ax as a tool made by the Globular Amphora culture between about 2600 and 2400 B.C., the release said. The Globular Amphora culture is a largely unknown people group ...