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Making HistoryThe Amphora

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20/11/2021

While the shipping container is instantly recognisable in today's era of globalisation, its ancestor in Greco-Roman Antiquity looked very different: it was the amphora. Patrick Boucheron and the historian Sarah Rey reveal the secrets and meanings behind this "simple" terracotta object.

Director

Jean-Dominique Ferrucci

Country

France

Year

2020

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