Demeter was one of the twelve Olympian gods believed by the ancient Greeks to rule over the cosmos. She was the sister of Zeus and patron goddess of agriculture. She was commonly depicted wearing a ...

For measuring liquids, ancient Greeks used the amphora quadrantal to measure volume. It was approximately the same as today’s cubic foot, around 26 liters. A full Dressel amphora of the 1st century BC ...

Greek vase from Attika, 550 – 520 BC. Credit: MatthiasKabel / CC BY-SA 3.0 A Greek amphora dating back to 550 B.C. has been withdrawn from sale at a London gallery after concerns surfaced about its ...

Photograph by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images A Greek amphora from the 6th century CE depicts Hercules defeating the Hydra. Dragons appear in the western tradition dating back to ...

Windstar Cruises is sharing more details about the dining and lounge spaces aboard its newest ship, Star Seeker. Amphora Restaurant, the ship’s signature dining venue, will have blue accents and a ...

An amphora stamped with the name Meritaten dated back to the 18th Dynasty, from 1550 to 1292 B.C., since Meritaten Tasherit or Meritaten the Younger is known to be the eldest daughter of Akhenaten ...

They found some Khamun ground. Archaeologists have discovered a 3,400-year-old town that was possibly erected by King Tutankhamun’s father, Akhenaten — and harbored a wine jug stamped with the ...

One particularly interesting find is a stamp on part of an amphora jar that has the name of Merytaton (also spelled Meritaten) on it. Merytaton was the daughter of the pharaoh Akhenaten (reign ...

The Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF), held for the fourth time in the Turkish resort city of the same name under the patronage of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and hosted by Foreign Minister Hakan ...

Lowe Amphora Shiraz 2023 ($65) is such a wine. And it comes with an unusual back story stretching back 8,000 years to an age when the ancients began storing their wines underground earthenware ...