This wine jug (oinochoe) would have been used by everyday people across the Ancient Greek World. Found in Italy it was probably and Etruscan copy of a Greek original or it may have been an import ...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS claim to have unearthed a “major” Egyptian town – dating back 3,400 years. The settlement offers ...

In ancient Greece, wealthy men often gathered for decadent ... and replenished the wine jug, or krater, so the symposium itself could begin. A certain amount of revelry was expected, even demanded ...

He poured the drink, going from right to left, for all the other gods, drawing off sweet nectar from the mixing bowl.” It doesn’t take long for the deities to soon begin laughing “irrepressibly” while ...

Essentially, it was an ancient factory equipped with a sophisticated and expensive machine for its era," added Shmueli. The special ceramic jug that was discovered was used for storing liquids.

Soldiers found a second artifact at the site, identified as an oinochoe vessel, a jug with one handle and three spouts used to pour wine during an ancient Greek social gathering for aristocratic ...