On an Egyptian desert rock ridge west of Alexandria and between the Mediterranean sea and Lake Mariout is Kom el-Nugus, an archaeological site named for a mound roughly in the shape of a horseshoe, or ...

Not only did these shipwrecks span millennia, they also contained ancient artifacts that ... or wine. The term amphora itself comes from the Greek word amphiphoreus, which essentially translates ...

Greek vessels including the amphora, kylix and krater were functional but also could be elaborate works of art.

An entire ancient Egyptian settlement from the New Kingdom, also known as the Golden Age of Egypt, surfaced from beneath Greek ruins ... of a temple and pottery including an amphora and a grape ...