A total of seventy (70) partly or fully preserved Chian amphorae were recovered Photo Source: Cyprus Department of Antiquities
1 posted on
12/28/2018 2:47:06 AM PST by
SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
Passing olive pits: old world version of punishment?
2 posted on
12/28/2018 2:49:33 AM PST by
Hoosier-Daddy
("Washington, DC. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious")
To: SunkenCiv
Chian amphorae. Those were the ones shaped like Zeus and Athena, which the ancients would cover with the paste of seeds and watch them grow “hair.”
4 posted on
12/28/2018 3:31:47 AM PST by
I-ambush
(One foot in the grave,one foot on the pedal. I was born to rebel.)
To: SunkenCiv
So this is a shipwreck containing Matzohs? Oy.
5 posted on
12/28/2018 3:41:14 AM PST by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you .)
To: SunkenCiv
6 posted on
12/28/2018 4:38:00 AM PST by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: SunkenCiv
Maybe the crew had eaten the olives and tossed the pits into an empty amphora.
9 posted on
12/28/2018 5:26:44 AM PST by
Tax-chick
(Ask me about my Marine!)
To: SunkenCiv
So, Greece was the China of the day. They stole Phonecian ship building technology
12 posted on
12/28/2018 6:45:57 AM PST by
bert
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To: SunkenCiv
13 posted on
12/28/2018 7:14:41 AM PST by
Cincinnatus.45-70
(What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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